[nabla9]

Initial investment was $33.5bn Musk and $7.1bn from other equity investors.

  $1.89bn (~4%) from Prince Alwaleed
  $1bn (~2%) from Jack Dorsey, 
  $500m from Ellison,
  $300m from Fidelity,
  ... and so on.

Those numbers might have changed since.

ps. Alwaleed has also invested $400 million into xAI

[ks2048]

When Musk says X is all about freedom of speech, remind him that one of its biggest owners is intimately tied to a government that executes people for mild criticism.

[torlok]

X is a megaphone for Musk and a tool to get political favours. X was already used to silence the opposition in Turkey and India during elections. A Saudi prince having a minority stake is a drop in a bucket of free speech violations.

[exe34]

it's basically his personal blog that he allows others to comment on. he bought it, I say let him have it!

[Yeul]

Unfortunately for Musk the US Constitution doesn't apply everywhere.

Lately I've been thinking that the Chinese had a good point with their great firewall. The EU is already banning Russian media perhaps we should ad Americans to the list.

[numpad0]

Agreed, and btw I'm suspecting GFW could be a funny one: have you seen a Chinese neckbeard on the Internet? I mean, don't you find suspiciously large fractions of them PLL locked solid on Western values above everything?

[blackeyeblitzar]

“Lately I’ve been thinking totalitarianism isn’t so bad”

[exe34]

it's fine if you can still elect your overlords every handful of years.

[slim]

X is under juridiction of a country intimately tied to genocide. No moral high ground in any "intimate ties" to any government involved.

[zephyrus1985]

your point being ? Freedom of speech for US , we cannot enforce every country to have it

[axus]

If one owner bans speech he doesn't like (@Elonjet), other owners will ask to do the same. Having control of speech on Twitter was likely a factor in the "investment".

[torlok]

The timeline of Musk buying Twitter was a trainwreck, so I don't think there were any factors, just an attempt at salvaging an awful deal.

[ks2048]

Musk frequently comments on political issues in other countries.