One more tweet from Elon Musk?

While he has just acquired 9.2% of the capital of Twitter, the boss of Tesla​ has offered to buy the entire company at a unit price of 54.20 dollars per share and to take the company out of Wall Street.

To which Twitter reacted by announcing that its “board of directors will carefully review the offer to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of the company and all Twitter shareholders.

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In a document sent Wednesday to the gendarme of the American Stock Exchange, Elon Musk specifies that it is about "his best offer and his final offer" and threatens, in the event of refusal, to "re-examine his position as a shareholder" at the within the social network.

Following this announcement, the action of Twitter jumped 11.34% to 51.05 dollars in electronic trading before the opening of Wall Street.

Speaking in a letter to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor, Elon Musk says he invested in the platform because of the major role it plays in favor of "free speech across the planet" which is , according to him, "a societal imperative of a functioning democracy".

"However, since I made my investment, I realized that the company would not prosper and serve its societal imperative in its current form," he said, proposing to delist Twitter. New Yorker.

Elon Musk's fortune estimated at $274 billion

"I am offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash, a premium of 54% from the day before my investment in Twitter began and 38% from the day before the public announcement of my investment", explains the boss-billionaire.

The figures put forward by Elon Musk would value Twitter at 43.4 billion dollars, against around 37 billion at present.

According to

Forbes

, Elon Musk's personal fortune is nearly $274 billion, making him the richest man in the world.

The boss of Tesla and SpaceX is particularly active on Twitter, where he has some 81.6 million subscribers.

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In recent weeks, he has been critical of the social network, suggesting the addition of several features, such as an "edit" button, and questioning his subscribers about respect for freedom of expression.

The businessman was initially to join the board of directors of Twitter, but the general manager of the social network Parag Agrawal announced Monday that Elon Musk had finally given up on it.

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