Elon Musk has made his dreams of owning Twitter come true after reaching a deal to buy the website for what’s been reported as $44 billion. The Tesla CEO shared his excitement in a press release on Monday.
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Forbes has released their annual 2022 World’s Billionaires list.
The list features names that you’ve definitely heard before, like Elon Musk who sits at number one with a net worth of $219 billion, and Jeff Bezos, who comes in at number two with $171 billion.
Click through the slideshow to see some of the celebrity billionaires on the 2022 list, plus, their net worths…
Elon Musk has made his dreams of owning Twitter come true after reaching a deal to buy the website for what’s been reported as $44 billion. The Tesla CEO shared his excitement in a press release on Monday.
Elon Musk in a deal that values the company at $44 billion, the board announced Monday afternoon.«The proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter's stockholders,» Bret Taylor, the company's independent board chair, said in a statement.Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, reiterated his plans to remake Twitter as a forum dedicated to promoting free speech.«Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,» he said in a statement.Musk also said he plans on «making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans» on the platform.It's the largest deal to take a company private in at least two decades, reported.The board voted unanimously in favor of the acquisition. The deal is expected to close this year, subject to the approval of Twitter's shareholders.The official acquisition caps off a drama worth of a soap opera between the famously mercurial Musk and one of the world's most prominent social networks.The billionaire disclosed earlier this month that he had become Twitter's largest shareholder, and soon after proposed to buy the company outright and take it private.
The Good Place star Jameela Jamil is quitting Twitter and it’s all because of the sale of the platform to Elon Musk.
Throughout the years, Made In Chelsea has turned its cast members into famous faces. Away from their extravagant shopping sprees along King’s Road, former cast members have gone on to establish successful businesses, try their hand at ballroom dancing and team up with some incredible brands. But who’s the wealthiest of them all? The team at We Thrift have put together a nifty list, so let’s take a peek… Ollie Locke-Locke - £7.6milion After making his on screen debut during the first series of Made In Chelsea back in 2001, Ollie is one of the show’s most famous faces.
Elon Musk is rich – very, very rich.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTech billionaire Elon Musk is moving forward with his potential bid to acquire Twitter, revealing that he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing for a possible tender offer for the company.The financing was disclosed in an SEC filing Thursday. Musk’s financing includes commitments from Morgan Stanley and “certain other financial institutions.”According to the filing, Musk has not yet determined whether he will make a tender offer for Twitter or whether he will take other steps to further the proposal.Last week, Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who is the wealthiest person on the planet — proposed to buy Twitter for about $43 billion in a hostile takeover, offering $54.20 per share for the social media company.
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Elon Musk is the richest man on the planet, and according to Forbes, he has an estimated fortune of $272.5 billion. With a fortune like that, many people would think the tech mogul owns multiple properties in the United States, castles in Europe, extravagant residences in Asia, or even a private island in the Caribbean. But, in actuality, Musk seems to live a very different life.
The Food Network is home to some really famous celebrity chefs, many of whom have branched off to have their own shows on other networks, their own cookware lines, and more.
Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for about US$41 billion in cash, saying the social media company he has often criticized needs to go private to see effective changes.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefElon Musk, the controversial billionaire, has made an offer to buy all of social media group Twitter for $43 billion, according to a filing made Thursday morning.The move comes just days after the Tesla pioneer revealed that he had bought a 9% stake in the company and followed that by announcing that he would join its board of directors. That quickly proved unpopular and Musk and the board did a U-turn, announcing it for the best that he did not form part of the boardroom.
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Rihanna is making her official debut on the annual Forbes billionaires list, after reaching a net worth of over one billion dollars in 2021, honoring her incredible achievement with the success of Fenty Beauty and Fenty X Savage.The entrepreneur is also the first person from her native Barbados to enter the coveted list of the wealthiest people in the world, with her beauty line generating “more than $550 million in revenue in 2020.”Rihanna currently has a net worth of 1.7 billion dollars, making it to number 1,729 on the list, and positioning herself above Jay-Z and under Kanye West.
Forbes just made it official-official by putting the singer-entrepreneur on its annual list of the wealthiest people on Earth.With a net worth of 1.7 billion dollars, thanks largely to her stakes in Fenty Beauty and her Fenty X Savage line, Rihanna joins Peter Jackson, Melinda French Gates, and 233 others on the . She is the first person from her native Barbados to make the list. reports that her Fenty Beauty line “generated more than $550 million in revenue in 2020." She's number 1,729 on the list of richest people, which is above Jay-Z but under Kanye West.
Forbes has rolled out its annual billionaires list with Rihanna making her debut and fellow artists Jay-Z and Kanye West also making apearances. Rihanna's net worth has swelled to an estimated 1.7 billion thanks, in large part, to ventures outside of music including her Fenty Beauty cosmetics line and the Savage X Fenty lingerie business. This places her at 1,729 on the Forbes list.