Elon Musk Raises $7 Billion Additional Funding for His Twitter Deal

Elon Musk Raises $7 Billion Additional Funding for His Twitter Deal
Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters
Emel Akan
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has secured fresh financing from a group of investors that includes a Saudi prince and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison for his $44 billion buyout of Twitter, according to a new securities filing on May 5.

The world’s richest man received equity commitment letters from 19 investors, committing to pay $7.14 billion in cash or Twitter common stock (valued at $54.20 per share), according to the document.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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