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So hypothetically speaking if Twitter goes to 0 or close to it, no monetary penalty will be slapped to Musk as it is private? Damn!
by stoicjumbotron 4y ago
So hypothetically speaking if Twitter goes to 0 or close to it, no monetary penalty will be slapped to Musk as it is private?
Damn!
- nearbuy 4y agoYou mean other than losing the $44 billion? What additional penalty would there be if Twitter were public?
- ghostpepper 4y agoOstensibly a CEO owes a fiduciary duty to shareholders to protect their investment
- asutekku 4y agoBut Musk took Twitter private, there’s no shareholders to please.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoPrivate doesn't mean no shareholders.
- lambda 4y agoThere were $13 billion in loans, and private investments from other folks like Larry Ellison and Suadi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as well as some private equity firms. So yes, there are shareholders, and there are creditors, it's just that in the private equity world, "caveat emptor" applies, they are expected to be sophisticated and wealthy enough to not need the protections given to investors in publicly traded companies.