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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaudi prince rejects Musk's Twitter takeover
The prince is a shareholder.
The MAGAts are absolutely furious.
Link to tweet
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Who is profiting from the garbage Fox sells to the MAGAts?
FelineOverlord
(3,588 posts)There are literally THOUSANDS of Saudi princes. The royal family is gigantic.
The power, politics and possessions of the 'world's richest royals'
https://www.9news.com.au/national/saudi-arabian-royals-king-salman-mohammed-bin-salman-wealth-power-controversies/59cfe887-8556-4d07-8d22-094745cf4eb0
Inside the lavish, brutal world of Saudi Arabias royal family
https://nypost.com/2017/07/05/inside-the-lavish-brutal-world-of-saudi-arabias-royal-family/
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)oil money. Helps explain why fox, inc. broadcasts so much stuff that undermines America and American democracy.
Budi
(15,325 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)According to the link;
"Al Waleed bin Talal took to Twitter to say that he was rejecting the entrepreneurs cash offer for the social media platform because it was too low."
So it wasn't a principled (other than money principles) decision.
hlthe2b
(102,337 posts)Smells like "VICTORY!"
With apologies to Robert Duvall.
Celerity
(43,485 posts)Link to tweet
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)and would just like to get a higher price.
From: https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-rejects-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-bid/
Being one of the largest & long-term shareholders of Twitter, @Kingdom_KHC & I reject this offer.
The Saudi royal chairs the Kingdom Holding Company, the Riyadh-based conglomerate that first purchased shares of Twitter in 2011 before the companys 2013 initial public offering.
KHC also holds large stakes in a wide range of businesses including the Four Seasons hotel chain, Uber, Lyft, and Citigroup.
lastlib
(23,268 posts)SmallFry
(349 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,258 posts)Taking Tesla private for $420!
Buying Twitter for $54.20!
SunSeeker
(51,657 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,487 posts)I am old enough to remember doing public takeovers before there was poison pills. After poison pills became accepted, hostile takeovers changed. I am surprised that Twitter did not have a pill in place
Link to tweet
Aviation Pro
(12,181 posts)Nyuk, nyuk, Musk.
speak easy
(9,292 posts)... difficult decisions at Riyadh