{"id":1419532,"date":"2022-04-05T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419532"},"modified":"2022-04-05T08:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T12:59:45","slug":"twitter-will-appoint-elon-musk-to-its-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-will-appoint-elon-musk-to-its-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Will Appoint Elon Musk To Its Board Of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-will-appoint-elon-musk-to-its-board-of-directors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1419532&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/ElonMusk-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, Twitter\u2019s CEO Parag Agrawal announced that the social media platform will be appointing tech billionaire Elon Musk to the company\u2019s board of directors. The announcement comes one day after it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-elon-musk-becomes-twitters-largest-shareholder-after-shakeup-tease\">revealed<\/a> that Musk had bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, thereby becoming the largest shareholder in the company with the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019m excited to share that we\u2019re appointing <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\">@elonmusk <\/a><\/span>to our board!\u201d Agrawal tweeted. \u201cThrough conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">He\u2019s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter\">@Twitter<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a>, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parag Agrawal (@paraga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paraga\/status\/1511320964813910017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk responded shortly after, indicating that he will accept the position. \u201cLooking forward to working with Parag &#038; Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to working with Parag &#038; Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1511322655609303043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a breaking story; please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Twitter\u2019s CEO Parag Agrawal announced that the social media platform will be appointing tech billionaire Elon Musk to the company\u2019s board of directors. 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