The Timeline of Elon Musk's $44 Billion Twitter Battle

Elon Musk surprised everyone this week when he made public his intentions to acquire Twitter, Inc. (TWTR). The purchase price was going to be $28 billion in cash, with the remaining $16 billion in Tesla shares (TSLA). On Friday, August 18th, Musk published his intention via Twitter, and it caused quite a commotion! How did we get to this point? Let’s look at the timeline of Elon Musk's $44 billion battle to acquire Twitter.