{"id":437908,"date":"2022-04-26T21:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T21:47:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:47:47","slug":"what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/","title":{"rendered":"#What the billionaire owns or has stake in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e27ded632\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e27ded632\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_the_billionaire_owns_or_has_stake_in%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What the billionaire owns or has stake in&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#Tesla\" >Tesla\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#SpaceX\" >SpaceX\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#Neuralink\" >Neuralink<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#The_Boring_Company\" >The Boring Company<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-the-billionaire-owns-or-has-stake-in\/#Twitter\" >Twitter\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_the_billionaire_owns_or_has_stake_in%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What the billionaire owns or has stake in&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elon Musk already had his hands full even before he finalized Monday\u2019s $44 billion deal to take over <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur \u2014 who now holds the title of world\u2019s richest man \u2014 got his start in Silicon Valley after he dropped out of Stanford University in 1995 and co-founded PayPal, where he worked alongside other now-legendary entrepreneurs including Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion in stock, giving Musk a personal fortune of $175 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk parlayed the PayPal money into a variety of far-flung ventures and now controls $1 trillion electric car company Tesla, space exploration firm SpaceX, brain implant startup Neuralink and tunnel construction firm the Boring Company.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Musk added Twitter to his collection in a deal expected to close within months. He has also mulled combining all of his companies into a potential super-conglomerate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at Musk\u2019s sprawling empire, which he hopes will one day stretch from implants inside people\u2019s brains to the surface of Mars:\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tesla\"><\/span><strong>Tesla\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tesla\" class=\"wp-image-22041242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tesla\u2019s soaring valuation has made Elon Musk the world\u2019s richest man. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-tesla.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk marks the grand opening celebration for the $1.1B Tesla facility in Austin, Texas on April 7, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22046167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-tesla.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-tesla.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-tesla.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk marks the grand opening celebration for the $1.1B Tesla facility in Austin, Texas on April 7, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Musk has become synonymous with electric automaker Tesla, he did not found the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather, he was the lead investor in the company\u2019s 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> A funding round, becoming the company\u2019s largest shareholder in exchange for $6.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk assumed greater control over Tesla in subsequent years, becoming the company\u2019s CEO in 2008 and overseeing the rollout of its first commercially available car, the Roadster, in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Tesla is still tiny in comparison to automakers like Ford and Toyota, the company is rapidly scaling up production and rocketed to \u201cmeme stock\u201d status during the pandemic, surging from less than $100 at the beginning of 2020 to more than $1,200 at some points in 2021.\u00a0It\u2019s now the most valuable car company in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Tesla has also acquired SolarCity, a solar energy firm Musk helped start in 2006 that has a production facility in Buffalo, New York. After Tesla bought SolarCity for over $2 billion in 2016, some disgruntled shareholders claimed in court that Musk had unfairly strong-armed Tesla\u2019s board into <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roving the deal in order to save his cash-strapped and unprofitable solar firm. They are seeking billions from Musk in an ongoing suit in Delaware.  <\/p>\n<p>Tesla\u2019s soaring valuation has made Elon Musk the world\u2019s richest man, with an estimated net worth of $246 billion, according to Forbes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But most of Musk\u2019s net worth is tied up in Tesla shares \u2014 not cash \u2014 which is why the mogul is using an unconventional financing plan to cover his purchase of Twitter that included borrowing money using his Tesla shares as collateral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SpaceX\"><\/span><strong>SpaceX<\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"SpaceX\" class=\"wp-image-22041253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk serves as CEO of SpaceX, which has launch facilities in Florida and Texas.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-spacex.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Starship SN15 from SpaceX lands in Texas on May 5, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-22046168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-spacex.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-spacex.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-spacex.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Starship SN15 from SpaceX lands in Texas on May 5, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SPACEX\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, around the same time eBay purchased PayPal, with a mission to make access to space faster and cheaper \u2014 and eventually create a colony on Mars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk personally interviewed every early employee of the company before he hired them, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/liftoff-eric-berger?variant=32126620205090\">according<\/a> to journalist Eric Berger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has since inked deals with NASA and became the first private company to send astronauts into orbit and to the International Space Station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk serves as CEO of the company, which has launch facilities in Florida and Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, SpaceX has launched an internet service called Starlink, which beams down internet access to far-flung areas of the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military has since used Starlink internet service to help fend off Russia\u2019s invasion of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Neuralink\"><\/span><strong>Neuralink<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-06.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Neuralink\" class=\"wp-image-22041270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-06.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk has described Neuralink as a \u201cFitBit in your skull.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk secretly founded Neuralink in 2016 with a mission to create brain implants that will one day make humans hyper-intelligent, heal traumatic brain injuries and let paralyzed people walk again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>He serves as the company\u2019s CEO and has described its <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> as a \u201cFitBit in your skull.\u201d He argues that the brain chips are needed in order for humans to keep pace with increasingly intelligent computers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neuralink\u2019s existence was kept secret until a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/elon-musk-launches-neuralink-to-connect-brains-with-computers-1490642652\">Wall Street Journal report<\/a> in 2017 \u2014 and the company shares relatively little information about its projects with the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the company has nonetheless attracted its share of controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the MIT Technology Review <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2020\/08\/30\/1007786\/elon-musks-neuralink-demo-update-neuroscience-theater\/\">dismissed Neuralink<\/a> as \u201cneuro<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> theater,\u201d writing that Musk is making \u201cpromises that will be hard to keep\u201d and risks being a disappointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Animal rights activists have also accused Neuralink of subjecting monkeys to \u201cextreme suffering,\u201d writing in February of this year that at least 15 test animals had died in gruesome Neuralink experiments at the University of California, Davis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neuralink has defended the tests and claims that it will start testing its technology n humans in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Boring_Company\"><\/span><strong>The Boring Company<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22041298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Boring Company was spun off from SpaceX in 2018. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-boring.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk shows off a Boring Company flamethrower.\" class=\"wp-image-22046166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-boring.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-boring.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/musk-boring.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk shows off a Boring Company flamethrower.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joe Rogan\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk started the Boring Company as a subsidiary of SpaceX in 2016 and spun it off into an independent company in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s mission is to construct \u201chyperloop\u201d tubes that will shoot cars at high speeds between major cities, cutting down on highway congestion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Boring Company has opened two short loops in Las Vegas and a test tunnel outside Los Angeles \u2014 but Musk has far greater ambitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He claimed in 2017 that he had \u201cverbal approval\u201d from the US government to construct hyperloop between New York City and Washington, D.C. that would reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> time between the two cities to just 29 minutes. The Boring Company also said in 2018 that it was pursuing a hyperloop connecting downtown Chicago to the O\u2019Hare Airport. But neither plan appears to have made progress since their initial announcements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the coming years, Boring Co will attempt to build a working Hyperloop. <\/p>\n<p>From a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles. Starship is faster for longer journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1518358595682848780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, the Boring Company announced on Friday that it had raised $675 million at a valuation of nearly $5.7 billion from backers including venture capital firm Sequoia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk reiterated his commitment to the Boring Company in a tweet on Sunday, writing, \u201cIn the coming years, Boring Co will attempt to build a working Hyperloop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles,\u201d he claimed. \u201cStarship is faster for longer journeys.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter\"><\/span><strong>Twitter\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-05-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter\" class=\"wp-image-22042461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-05-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-05-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/companies-elon-musk-owns-stake-in-05-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Twitter board of directors accepted Musk\u2019s $44 billion offer to buy the website.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter was co-founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, who\u2019s a personal friend of Elon Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk joined the site in 2009 and became known as one of the site\u2019s most popular and outspoken users, sharing everything from crude jokes about politicians to musings about space travel. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter went public in 2013 and Musk hinted at plans to take it private for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Musk tweeted \u201cI love Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Another user replied, \u201cYou should buy it then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much is it?\u201d Musk responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once Musk\u2019s Twitter takeover closes \u2014 a step that\u2019s expected to take several months \u2014 he\u2019s planning what looks to be a major overhaul for the site.<\/p>\n<p>He says he wants \u201cto make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether Musk plans to take the helms as Twitter\u2019s CEO or pass the reins to someone else. He has compared the company\u2019s current CEO, Parag Agrawal, to Joseph Stalin.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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