Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in 2022.
Musk agreed to buy Twitter for approximately $44 billion in April 2022. The agreement followed months of public discussion about his stake in the company and his criticism of Twitter’s moderation and account policies. Musk later attempted to withdraw from the deal, leading to litigation and a Delaware court case.
The transaction closed on October 27, 2022, after Musk completed the purchase. He immediately became Twitter’s owner and chief executive, and several senior executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, departed the company.
Twitter did not change its public brand to X on the day the acquisition closed. The company’s later rebranding to X occurred in 2023. That sequence is a frequent source of confusion: the acquisition was completed in 2022, while the most visible X rebrand followed the next year.