NEW YORK: Elon Musk said on Thursday he has lined up US$46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed.
Musk himself has committed to put up $33.5 billion, which will include $21 billion of equity and $12.5 billion of margin loans against some of his Tesla Inc TSLA.O shares to finance the transaction. He is chief executive officer of electric vehicle maker Tesla.
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