It took billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk fewer than 24 hours to muscle his way onto Twitter's board of directors after securing a 9.2% stake in the social media platform Monday morning, instantly making him the company's largest shareholder – and one not content to remain a "passive" investor.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's nearly $3 billion surprise investment came just weeks after he began increasingly criticizing the platform over a dubious commitment to free speech, at one point even mulling the creation of his own rival platform in posts that went out to his 80 million Twitter followers.
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Marisa Herman ✉
Marisa Herman, a Newsmax senior reporter, focuses on major and investigative stories. A University of Florida graduate, she has more than a decade of experience as a reporter for newspapers, magazines, and websites.