The action of the social network Twitter is blazing on Wall Street.
As of 6:30 a.m. New York time on Monday, it was up more than 25% in pre-market trading.
The cause of this frenzy is called Elon Musk.
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX has indeed taken a large stake in the social network.
The information was revealed Monday in the publications of the SEC, the policeman of the American stock market.
We learn that Elon Musk has acquired nearly 73.5 million shares of Twitter common stock, or 9.2% of the company's stock market value.
The entrepreneur, yet very dissertation on social networks, had not mentioned it.
Nevertheless, ten days after this acquisition, Elon Musk asked his followers if, in their opinion, Twitter respects freedom of expression.
“
The consequences of this survey will be significant.
Please think carefully
,” he warned.
The "
no
" won by 70%.
In his exchanges with his subscribers, the entrepreneur said he was thinking “
seriously
” about creating a new social network.
