World’s richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn purchase of social networking site, Twitter.
Musk, in an apparent reference to completing the deal, tweeted on his verified Twitter handle (@elonmusk) on Friday, October 28, 2022, “the bird is free.”
He revealed that he bought the social media platform to help humanity and he wanted “civilisation to have a common digital town square.”
Musk’s arrival as head honcho has seen some top executive receive the boot including former Twitter boss, Parag Agrawal. Ned Segal (CFO), and the firm’s top legal and policy executive, Vijaya Gadde have also left the company.
Reuters reports that they were escorted out of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters when the deal closed. Musk had accused them of misleading him and Twitter investors over the number of fake accounts on the platform.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone thanked Mr Agrawal, Mr Segal and Ms Gadde for their “collective contribution” to the business.
Meanwhile, Bret Taylor, who had served as Twitter’s chairman since last November, updated his LinkedIn profile to indicate that he was no longer in the post.