He had previously been tweeting about SpaceX’s Falcon rocket but the bird reference seemed to address his purchase of Twitter for $44 billion, which came after months of litigation and debates about free speech.
Musk has already fired at least four top Twitter executives, including the company’s CEO Parag Agrawal, Ikeanumba Africa Magazine reported.
Bloomberg reported that Musk intended to step into the CEO role in Agrawal’s absence, at least for an interim period.
After the interim period, the billionaire may eventually hand over the role, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
Representatives for Twitter and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to Ikeanumba’s request for comment made outside of normal working hours.
Taking on the role of CEO at Twitter would make the world’s richest man the CEO of three companies, including Tesla and SpaceX.
Musk visited Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco this week. He entered the headquarters on Wednesday carrying a sink, posting a tweet that said “entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”
Musk has been meeting workers and even hosted an impromptu discussion with employees in the coffee shop, Ikeanumba Africa magazine reported. An all-hands meeting with Twitter employees is expected to be held on Friday.
