Elon Musk Lures New Investors to Fund His Twitter Buyout

Posted on 05/05/2022


Tesla Boss Elon Musk has brought in more than a dozen new investors to help fund his US$ 44 billion acquisition of Twitter. Some of these investors include billionaire Larry Ellison of Oracle, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Binance, and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. The investors together will contribute US$ 7 billion to help fund Twitter’s purchase, with the remaining coming from Musk’s own accounts or through loans.

Equity Investor Aggregate Equity Commitment
Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust $1,000,000,000
Sequoia Capital Fund, L.P. $800,000,000
VyCapital $700,000,000
Binance $500,000,000
AH Capital Management, L.L.C. (a16z) $400,000,000
Qatar Holding LLC $375,000,000
Aliya Capital Partners LLC $360,000,000
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC $316,139,386
Brookfield $250,000,000
Strauss Capital LLC $150,000,000
BAMCO, Inc. (Baron) $100,000,000
DFJ Growth IV Partners, LLC $100,000,000
Witkoff Capital $100,000,000
Key Wealth Advisors LLC $30,000,000
A.M. Management & Consulting $25,000,000
Litani Ventures $25,000,000
Tresser Blvd 402 LLC (Cartenna) $8,500,000
Honeycomb Asset Management LP $5,000,000

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