How Elon Musk won his Twitter prize | Curio

How Elon Musk won his Twitter prize

8 mins | Apr 30, 2022

From punchline to deal in under 2 weeks. Elon Musk’s announcement of a takeover plan for Twitter was initially met with widespread doubts. However, Twitter’s board accepted his offer less than two weeks later. From the size of the deal to Musk’s wealth and media tactics, James Fontanella-Khan, Eric Platt, Antoine Gara, and Richard Waters explore what makes this deal unlike any other deal of this magnitude.

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