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Fortune
Alena Botros

Elon Musk complains that running Twitter is a drain on his life savings and a lot of ‘pain’

Photo of Elon Musk. (Credit: Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency—Getty Images)

After asking his followers if he should step down as Twitter’s CEO, Elon Musk heard an offer from a volunteer for his job that was admittedly a joke. But it led to Musk unloading about the intense pressure of running the social media service. 

“You must like pain a lot,” Musk responded to the volunteer. “One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May. Still want the job?”

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