A month-long saga has finally concluded: Elon Musk owns Twitter.
The deal closed Thursday night, according to CNBC. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and Chief Legal, Policy and Security Vijaya Gadde have all been fired, according to the Washington Post. Twitter and representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News.
The drama began in early April, when Musk bought a 9.2% stake in the company, making him Twitter’s largest shareholder. He was offered a seat on the board, something former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey seemed to be excited about. A few days later, Musk turned down the board seat and made an offer to buy the entire company for $44 billion.
But Musk soon showed signs of buyer regret, trying to back out of the deal by claiming Twitter had more bots than he had let on. In July, Twitter filed a lawsuit forcing Musk to go through with the purchase or pay the $1 billion breakup fee. The parties were able to resolve the issues before having to appear before the Delaware court of chancery, but not before a set of musk texts with Agrawal and several other influential people were released as part of the lawsuit.
Twitter employees have not been enthusiastic about the new boss. After a report surfaced that Musk was planning to lay off up to 75% of the workforce, Twitter employees wrote a open letter demanding fair treatment under the new regime.
On Wednesday, the father of (at least) eight children visited Twitter’s San Francisco office with a porcelain sink. “Enter Twitter headquarters, let it sink!” Musk tweeted.
