“Fidelity is currently valuing X at about $9.4 billion”

I found this funny.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    It would appear that he didn’t want to buy Twitter and was literally forced to do so. I think for him Twitter is a temper tantrum. He didn’t get what he wanted so he’s destroying everything around him as a result.

    More to the point though, I do wonder why he didn’t just pay the billion dollars to get out of the deal (with his 270 billion net worth - which by the way includes assets not necessarily liquid cash).

    I don’t know that he’s not in it for the money. I think the point is to destroy it so he doesn’t have to pay back what he borrowed to buy it.

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      4 hours ago

      More to the point though, I do wonder why he didn’t just pay the billion dollars to get out of the deal

      I don’t know that he’s not in it for the money.

      your first sentence explains he is not in it for money, if money were the concern, eating the 1b fine would be logical thing to do (i am not fact checking that 1b piece of information, i trust you on this).

      with his 270 billion net worth - which by the way includes assets not necessarily liquid cash

      that’s how it works, no one has 270 billion in cash

      I think the point is to destroy it so he doesn’t have to pay back what he borrowed to buy it.

      that doesn’t make sense, destroying twitter doesn’t absolve him of obligation to return money he borrowed.