Elon Musk has finally acquired Twitter for USD 44 billion, a price 10 times its worth. Soon after reports trickled in of him firing the senior management, including CEO Parag Agarwal. He twitted his first response.
“The bird is free”, - he claimed after closing the deal.
Citing people with knowledge of the situation, a New York Times report said that Musk “has started cleaning house at Twitter with the firings of at least four top executives”.
The Twitter executives who were fired include Parag Agrawal, Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett.
“At least one of the executives who was fired was escorted out of Twitter’s office”, - the report said.