A few hours before the deadline set by the judge, Elon Musk completes the Twitter purchase operation for $ 44 billion and immediately makes a clean sweep by brutally firing four top managers , including CEO Parag Agrawal.
The other torpedoes are chief financial officer Ned Segal , head of legal affairs and policy Vijaya Gadde , and general counsel Sean Edgett . At least one of them was escorted out of the San Francisco headquarters.
Musk, who posted a cryptic image of himself with a sink in his hand on social media accompanied by the words "Let that sink in", perhaps an indication of his desire to fully penetrate the mechanisms of the company by turning them over from the inside, he explained that he wanted to buy Twitter out of "love" and the desire to "help humanity". "I buy Twitter because it is important for the future of civilization to have a digital common place where a wide range of ideas can be discussed in a healthy way without resorting to violence, "he said, warning of the current danger of social media splitting into" left and right sounding chambers that generate more hatred and divide the country. In relentlessly searching for clicks, traditional media have fueled extremes. This is why I buy Twitter. Not because it's easy, not because it makes money. I do this to try to help the humanity I love. And I do it with humility, recognizing that, despite the best efforts, there is a real possibility of failure "in trying to hit the objectives, he adds.
Musk thus conquers the only thing missing from his empire: a global media audience , which makes the richest man on the planet even more powerful and influential.
Musk also tried to reassure his intentions. To advertisers worried about possible fewer controls on content, he said: "It will not become a hell open to all", of all against all, and "where you can say anything without consequences".
The message to the employees of the company that chirps is equally clear: there is no intention to cut the workforce by 75% , as fancied by press rumors. Certainly the visionary entrepreneur wants to revolutionize the platform, also using it as an "accelerator to create X, the app of everything". And remove the "censorship", with the possibility of a return of Donald Trump, after he was banned for instigating the assault on the American Congress.
This concludes one of the most controversial economic and media operations in recent US history , after Twitter took Musk to court for retracting the initial offer, only to think again when he sensed that the lawsuit was not going well for him.
(Unioneonline / vl)
