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> once it reaches $1b in valuation

Uhm - Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter. Obviously it's not worth >=$44B currently but it's also obviously still worth more than $1B.

Edit: Some people seem to be thinking I'm arguing it's worth >$10B -- I am not. I'm only arguing that it's absolutely worth more than $1B. There are plenty of sources in the past 6 months which have valued it between $3.7B and $8B. There are absolutely buyers out there who would love to buy Twitter right now for a 90% discount vs. what Musk paid for it. You may still believe those parties would be overpaying, but it wouldn't be super difficult to find a buyer as long as there weren't other onerous terms attached to the deal.




You can pay $44B for a sample of my poop, but if you can't find anyone to sell it to later, it's worth $0.


According to the analysis of Reuters, it's worth around 8 billion.

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-x-is-black-...


I will definitely contact you any time I have a company up for sale.


Not much more, though. Banks trying to offload their Twitter debts were only getting offers that valued the company at less than $8B.


> Uhm - Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter.

Yeah, but he overpaid, and that is only about the value pre-deal, and not:

(1) the adverse effect the news of the deal had on Twitter even before it was consummated, and

(2) The adverse effect his tenure has had on Twitter’s value since.

Is it now worth more than $1 billion? My guess is yes.

Is it worth more thsn $10 billion? Probably not.




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