The Twitter Buyout: Is Elon Musk a Madman or a Genius?

 Published On May 4, 2022

In this tutorial, you’ll get an overview of Elon Musk’s ~$44 billion buyout of Twitter and learn the various problems with the deal that make the numbers unlikely to work (although a positive outcome certainly is possible).

For the Excel files and other documents, please go to:

https://mergersandinquisitions.com/tw...

Table of Contents:

0:00 Introduction

2:13 The Short Answer

8:12 Part 1: Information Sources and Model Approach

10:31 Part 2: Purchase Assumptions and Leverage

14:46 Part 3: Operating Cases/Scenarios

17:36 Part 4: Cash Flows and Debt Repayment

23:51 Part 5: Exit Assumptions

30:08 Recap and Summary

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