Twitter’s Top Executives Are Set to Exit With $100 Million Payout as Musk Takes Over

Elon Musk's Twitter profile on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos, on April 28, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

After Elon Musk fired Twitter’s top three executives immediately after his takeover, they were granted multimillion-dollar payouts on their way out.

The former executives are set to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards.