On: Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold

[shmatt]

As a private company, Musk can also set his own management fees / owner compensation / call it what ever

1) Pay $1B fine to Twitter

2) Buy cheaper

3) Get a $1B chairman first year bonus from Twitter

He'll probably find a way to write it off on taxes as well

[closedloop129 → shmatt]

The $1B are lost in (2). He will have to pay about $1B more if he has to pay the fee to twitter because then the company is worth $1B more.

It's not $1B exactly because he already owns some shares so he doesn't have to pay extra for those.

[remram → closedloop129]

The fact that it goes to a company he later acquires makes it seem like an obvious move. Is it?