Billionaire Elon Musk has decided not to join twitter’s board of directors, the company’s chief executive Parag Agrawal announced a few hours ago. Musk, who recently accused Twitter of stifling free speech, recently purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter, having bought 73.5 million shares for roughly $2.9 billion. Elon Musk Delivers an Unexpected Surprise (Yet Again) Less than a week after he announced his investment in the social media giant Twitter, Elon Musk has reversed his plan to join the company’s board of directors. In a letter to his team, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal disclosed just awhile ago that Musk has decided not to join the board. “Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board. I believe this is for the best. We have and will always value input from our shareholders whether they are on our Board or not. Elon is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input,” Agrawal wrote in his tweet. Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. pic.twitter.com/lfrXACavvk — Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 11, 2022 The development comes less than a week after Twitter said in a regulatory filing that it plans to appoint Musk to its board for a term that ends in 2024. Musk recently disclosed he had purchased more than 9% stake in Twitter, making him the company’s la...
