The social media company went public in 2013. But Elon Musk is taking it private as part of his acquisition of the firm. Here's what that means.
Mr. When Mr. This will give Mr. Agrawal texted Mr. “It’s conceivable that some aspects of Twitter could potentially be carved off, sold off or spun off to raise money that could go toward paying the debt,” Mr. “He has less public pressure, but he has a lot of private pressure from the banks to make the payments,” Mr. At another point, Mr. “Most of these employees have been in a public company and are used to public option grants, which are liquid,” Mr. Dell warned Mr. X is buying out all of Twitter’s stock and will control the service, and Mr. As part of his $44 billion acquisition of the social media service, which closed on Thursday, he is delisting the company’s stock and taking it out of the hands of public shareholders. But Elon Musk is taking it private as part of his acquisition of the firm.