Apollo Global Considering Giving Loan to Elon Musk for Purchase of Twitter, Reports Say

© AP Photo / Matt RourkeCEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Testifying for a second day, Musk pushed back again Tuesday against a lawsuit that blames him for engineering Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of a financially precarious company called SolarCity that was marred by conflicts of interest and never generated the profits Musk insisted it would.
CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Testifying for a second day, Musk pushed back again Tuesday against a lawsuit that blames him for engineering Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of a financially precarious company called SolarCity that was marred by conflicts of interest and never generated the profits Musk insisted it would. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.04.2022
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US investment company Apollo Global Management Inc. is considering the possibility of providing a loan to Elon Musk for the purchase of Twitter, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday, citing sources.
On Thursday, Musk filed an offer with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to purchase 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share, valuing the company at $43 billion. Musk is currently Twitter’s second largest shareholder, having purchased 9.2% of the company earlier in April.
At the same time, Thoma Bravo, a technology-focused American investment company said that it is also considering the possibility of acquiring the social network.
Apollo may provide Musk or another bidder, such as private-equity firm Thoma Bravo LP, with equity or debt to support an offer, according to the report.
© AFP 2023 / DENIS CHARLETA picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows the logo of the US social networking website Twitter, displayed on a smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France.
A picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows the logo of the US social networking website Twitter, displayed on a smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.04.2022
A picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows the logo of the US social networking website Twitter, displayed on a smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France.
Apollo, which owns Yahoo, is also considering potential collaboration between the company and Twitter, the WSJ reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Twitter Inc. was founded in 2006. The company's main product is a social network for exchanging short messages. The headquarters is located in San Francisco, California.
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