So now? Elon Musk is interested in buying Twitter again

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter after all. The billionaire had already made the company an offer of 44 billion US dollars in the spring. However, Musk withdrew the offer in the summer – now the turnaround.

Actually, the Twitter purchase by Tesla boss Elon Musk was off the table. After his offer in the spring, he withdrew his offer worth billions in the summer. The reason: He was allegedly misinformed about the exact number of fake accounts with the short message service. After that, both sides sued each other. At the The court case in the US state of Delaware was supposed to start on October 17.

Fast Twitter takeover conceivable

Elon Musk informed Twitter in a letter about the renewed purchase offer. The total remains the same: $44 billion. Musk named the end of the legal dispute as a condition. There was actually one for this week affidavit by Musk scheduled.

According to the Law professor Ann Lipton from Tulane University in New Orleans could complete the Twitter takeover quickly and smoothly at the second attempt. She said so in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. So before the lawsuit is dropped, Twitter will want to make sure there is no going back for Musk. There’s just a lot of distrust between the two sides, Lipton said.