Last Updated: November 01, 2023, 12:37 IST
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Elon Musk bought banks to fund his $44 billion deal in October 2022
Elon Musk shared the main points in regards to the firm’s new worth which is unquestionably going to get individuals fearful about the way forward for X.
Elon Musk bought banks to fund his mission to purchase Twitter which he did finally for a whopping $44 billion in October final 12 months. But quick-ahead one 12 months later, and it appears the worth of Twitter, now known as X, has plummeted drastically, which implies Musk is dropping billions on his funding within the platform.
Latest particulars in regards to the monetary well being of X was revealed by Musk himself who shared that X is now valued at $19 billion which is brief by over $20 billion than what Elon paid to purchase Twitter (now X) final 12 months.
Most monetary consultants had identified that Twitter was by no means definitely worth the $44 billion that Musk paid to purchase the platform, and now the actual market worth solely reiterates that stance one 12 months later after the corporate was fully overhauled and rebranded as effectively. X follows Musk’s technique of letting his workers purchase their shares.
But earlier this week, workers at X had been awarded fairness the place the most recent valuation of X was confirmed and certainly the banks funding Musk’s acquisition could have extra questions on the way forward for the corporate and whether or not they’ll get any return for his or her funding within the platform anytime quickly.
To be truthful, Musk has repeatedly admitted that X wants a couple of approach to become profitable, which has resulted within the enlargement of the X Premium (Twitter Blue) program and now the platform can even have completely different tiers of plans for these desirous to see their feeds with none advertisements or pay additional to get different options like verified badge on their account and the edit publish button amongst others.
He has additionally identified that advertisers are step by step coming again to the platform and placing in extra money than earlier than however fact be advised, the enterprise will want extra than simply money injection to succeed and Musk ought to concentrate on the challenges he faces to not solely develop the platform but additionally take it to new heights.
