It has been revealed that American electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk is believed to have acquired more than 9% of Twitter's stake and become the largest shareholder.
Mr. Musk, who has more than 80 million followers, recently posted a criticism of Twitter, and the aim of acquiring shares is attracting attention.
Elon Musk, known for having huge assets, has acquired more than 73 million shares, or 9.2% of Twitter's shares, according to a document released by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on the 4th.
Based on the closing price on the 1st of this month, the value of the stock is more than 2.8 billion dollars, which is about 340 billion yen in Japanese yen, and the American media reports that it has become the largest shareholder of Twitter.
With more than 80 million followers, Musk's posts have been so influential that he has even voted on Twitter asking whether to sell his Tesla stock.
On the other hand, last month he posted a post criticizing Twitter saying that "the principle of freedom of speech is not being followed" and stated that he is considering creating a new SNS, and this time he acquired the shares. There is a lot of interest in the aim.