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Why nobody else bought twitter before?
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this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2025
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For one thing, Musk's offer was thought to be very generous. He was also a lone actor who didn't need to worry about it blowing back on him somehow if the deal fell through, as opposed to a CEO who's actually accountable to someone.
Another billionaire could have done it, I guess, but there's like ten guys who were rich enough and only one was Elon Musk.