Oct 28, 2022
By: ET OnlineElon Musk finally completed his $44 billion Twitter acquisition on late Thursday, after a series of controversies and legal cases.
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Confirming the takeover, Musk tweeted "The bird is freed", referring to the free speech promises he made before taking over the company.
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The moment he became Twitter owner officially, Elon Musk's first move was to fire the company's top executives.
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal was fired by Elon Musk as he completed the acquisition and was escorted out of the office, reports said on Friday.
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Musk also showed the door to Vijaya Gadde: Legal, Public Policy & Trust and Safety Lead at Twitter. She has worked at the company since 2011.
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Twitter's Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, who joined in 2017, was also escorted out of the San Francisco headquarters along with Agrawal.
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Sean Edgett, who has been Twitter's legal counsel since 2012, lost his job at the office too after Elon Musk's takeover.
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Musk and Agrawal exchanged some public swipes earlier, and it had become clear that the former wanted to change the leadership at Twitter.
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While Musk embarked on his Twitter journey amid uncertainty, reports say that he will take up the CEO role.
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