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Nearly two years after Elon Musk’s acquisition, X’s business is still struggling to climb out of the deep hole it fell into under his ownership.

The $13 billion that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter has turned into the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008-09 financial crisis.

The seven banks involved in the deal, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, lent the money to the billionaire’s holding company to take the social-media platform, now named X, private in October 2022. Banks that provide loans for takeovers generally sell the debt quickly to other investors to get it off their balance sheets, making money on fees.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

He both technically and functionally does have the ability to repay them, which he will find out soon if he doesn't restructure the debt, and implying this is in anyway similar to the financial crisis is absurd clickbait.

It could possibly tank Tesla and make Elon less rich if he had to pay his debt. Oh no. As if Tesla being valued at more than 9 major other automakers combined isn't outlandish in the first place.

But won't someone please think of the oligarch and his shareholders! 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

and implying this is in anyway similar to the financial crisis is absurd clickbait.

I think it's similar in the fact that banks once again gave credit where the securities are massively overvalued; and I'm not sure there are enough investors around to pay that much money for shares. What are bag holders gonna do when the price goes down because a lot of shares are selling?

Anyhow, this assumes a sane market, which hasn't been the case for Tesla for 5 years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Him being kicked out of the billionaire club would be a net gain for humanity

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

This is so spot on.