According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk has offered to buy the entire Twitter company for $54.2 per share. Musk says he believes that the social media firm has potential but it needs to go private for it to thrive.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk wrote in a letter addressed to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor.
According to Bloomberg’s evaluation, Musk’s wealth hovers around $260 billion while Twitter’s market valuation stands at about $37 billion.
Earlier this month, Musk surprised everyone by purchasing a majority 9.2 percent stake in the company. Soon after Twitter announced that Musk would be appointed to its board of directors before he reversed those plans. However, it now looks like taking the board seat would have prevented him from a possible takeover of the company.