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Saudi Prince reverses course on Twitter for 'new friend' Elon Musk

When Musk announced his $54.20-per-share offer in April, Alwaleed used the social-media platform to reject the offer, saying it didn't 'come close' to Twitter's intrinsic value

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It’s unclear how Musk swayed the Saudi billionaire.

Devon Pendleton | Bloomberg
It took less than three weeks for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud to flip from outraged investor to crucial supporter of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

“Great to connect with you my ‘new’ friend @elonmusk,” Alwaleed tweeted on Thursday, shortly after a Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed he agreed to roll his entire $1.9 billion stake into a privatised Twitter. When Musk announced his $54.20-per-share offer in April, Alwaleed used the social-media platform to reject the offer, saying it didn’t “come close” to Twitter’s intrinsic value.

It’s unclear how Musk swayed the Saudi billionaire — initially the Tesla