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Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround (www.ft.com)
submitted 9 hours ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.19-050450/https://www.ft.com/content/d4616dec-c4c7-417f-8549-134710bbc5b1

Social media site X’s valuation has soared back to $44bn, underscoring the sharp turnaround in the company’s fortunes since its owner Elon Musk assumed the role of staunch ally to President Donald Trump. 

Investors valued the platform at $44bn in a so-called secondary deal earlier this month, in which they exchange existing stakes in the company, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. 

X was also working on raising fresh capital in a primary round, which would aim to raise about $2bn through selling new equity and be used to pay off more than $1bn of junior debt that Musk agreed to take on to finance his buyout of the company, then known as Twitter, in 2022, several people briefed on the situation said.

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[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 44 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not a stock trader so don't know the terminology. Do I understand correctly that shareholders just say "From now on X would cost $44bn because we say that"

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 31 points 9 hours ago

What it would mean is that someone bought some stock at that price/share.

[–] BlueFootedBooby@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago

Well, it says investors said that, not shareholders, so that works pretty much as any market - shit is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it