Elon Musk is a media darling as he remains in the news for one thing or the other. From his controversial opinions to tweets or business deals, anything Musk does become a headline. In 2022, the South African billionaire was in a messy deal to buy Twitter.
The 51-year-old SpaceX founder changed his bio to “Chief Twit” ahead of the closing of his $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal. A video of him entering the social media giant’s office carrying a sink has gone viral. So let’s find out what is the meaning of the new bio of Musk.
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Elon Musk Changes His Twitter Bio
The Tesla CEO was at loggerheads with Twitter for a while after the company sued him for backing out of the buying deal. The closing of his $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal will take place soon.
Ahead of the closing, Musk has changed his bio to “Chief Twit“. On Wednesday, he also visited Twitter’s headquarters and walked the halls carrying a sink. It was captioned, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”
Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in! pic.twitter.com/D68z4K2wq7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2022
In the video, the world’s richest man is seen carrying the sink and saying that he was trying to sink in. Leslie Berland, Twitter’s Chief Marketing Officer, had informed the staff about Musk’s plans to visit the head office.
Chief twit can be attributed to the fact that the closing of the deal would make Musk the owner of the social media giant. It would also end a series of dramatic events that began in April after Musk wanted to buy the company.
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Twitter Plans To Fire Almost 75% Of Its Employees
A report stated that Musk has told prospective investors that he planned to get rid of nearly 75% of the social media company’s 7,500 workers right after taking over.
“Twitter’s current management planned to pare the company’s payroll by about $800 million by the end of next year, a number that would mean the departure of nearly a quarter of the workforce,” the report said.
The job cut will happen in the coming month no matter who the owner is. Several documents showed extensive plans to lay off staff and cut down on infrastructure costs were already in place before Elon offered to buy the company.
Musk had backed out of the deal earlier because of a lack of transparency on things like bot accounts and misinformation on the platform.
