His buying offer includes a fair number of Co financers, he can't just close on them. You just have to look at what happened to solar city (or even the genesis

His buying offer includes a fair number of Co financers, he can't just close on them. You just have to look at what happened to solar city (or even the genesis of starlink as a feeder for SpaceX) to know that not screwing with his big investors is the one thing he seems to take seriously without letting his ego screw it all up.