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The people Musk said he had funding secured from for taking Tesla private immediately denied it. To the point of saying they’d only had a single conversation wi
by seoaeu 5y ago
The people Musk said he had funding secured from for taking Tesla private immediately denied it. To the point of saying they’d only had a single conversation with him, and never discussed price
- skellington 5y agoCan you tell us more about the detailed internal discussions that happened between Musk and N other parties concerning possible funding for taking Tesla private? You seem to be an authority on the subject.
- seoaeu 5y ago“It turned out that he had had a single casual conversation with representatives of a Saudi sovereign wealth fund in which they did not discuss the price of the deal or how much money the Saudis were willing to invest; ultimately Musk settled fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission over this tweet.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-20/elon-checks-his-pockets https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-20/elon-c...
- zionic 5y agoHe had verbal commitment from someone who claimed (and he believed) to have final authority to execute the deal.
- misiti3780 5y agoThey are probably kicking themselves at this point though, given the trajectory TSLA seems to be on at this point.