After a long unpleasant saga, Elon Musk has finally taken over Twitter. He has made a $44 billion deal to acquire the social network. In this first move, he has terminated the CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal affairs as well as policy chief Vijaya Gadde.
Musk said that he has not any confidence in the management after filing the deal. Both CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal have exchanged several public swipes. In May, when Agrawal defended the user metrics of the company, Musk replied to the Twitter thread with a poop emoji.
Text messages reveal that during the lawsuit both men had contentious exchanges before or during the deal process. It all started when Musk asked if Twitter was dying, to his followers.
It has now become among one those companies led by Elon Musk. It includes Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, OpenAI, Musk Foundation, and Neuralink. Musk is leading in various sectors such as space exploration electric vehicle development, and artificial intelligence research.
Space X
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was launched in 2002, usually known as SpaceX. It manufactures vehicles such as Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, as well as several rocket engines, crew spacecraft, Cargo Dragon, and Starlink communications satellites.
Elon Musk aims at reducing the cost of space transportation with SpaceX. It is also responsible for launching Starlink satellites into orbit. These satellites offer worldwide high-speed, low-latency internet.
Tesla
Since 2008, Musk has been serving as CEO of Tesla. It was founded in July 2003 and named Tesla Motors to offer tribute to Nikola Tesla, the electrical engineer. It is a multinational company based in the US that operates in the automotive clean energy sector. It manufactures electric vehicles, home to grid-scale battery energy storage, solar panels, solar roof tiles, and others.
The Boring Company
It was founded in December 2016. It is a US-based company that offers infrastructure and tunnel construction services. Presently, it is working on projects related to designing intra-city transit systems. The company has completed one tunnel for testing in Los Angeles County and two tunnels in Las Vegas for loop travel.
Neuralink and OpenAI
This was also founded in 2016. The Neuralink Corporation is a neurotechnology company used for developing implantable brain-machine interfaces. It focuses on developing devices for the treatment of serious brain diseases in a shorter period.
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory company. It is considered a DeepMind, subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. competitor.
Musk Foundation
Elon Musk also serves in philanthropy. This Musk Foundation provides grants for supporting renewable energy research, science and engineering education, human space exploration, and the development of safe artificial intelligence that benefits humanity.