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Bev Lyons

Elon Musk puts in offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion

Elon Musk has put in an offer to buy Twitter, for $41 billion - and reckons he is the ideal candidate to "unlock" its "extraordinary potential".

Tesla owner Elon who regularly goes viral already own 9.2 per cent of the social media platform and had initially been offered a seat on the board after his large stake-holding became known.

However, he'd turned that down and now he has announced he would pay $54.20 a share for Twitter, valuing the firm at at total of $41bn.

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