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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Bond and Simon English

You’re fired! Elon Musk’s $44bn Twitter takeover

The world’s richest man Elon Musk completed his £38 billion takeover of Twitter on Thursday and immediately launched a purge of the company’s top executives.

After months of uncertainty over the deal, the eccentric entrepreneur appeared to confirm it had finally been agreed, tweeting early this morning: “The bird is freed”.

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