Elon Musk officially completed his purchase of Twitter on October 27–28, 2022, in a deal valued at about 44 billion dollars, becoming the company’s new owner at that time.

Quick Scoop: When Did Elon Buy Twitter?

Here’s the short timeline around the deal:

  • April 14, 2022 – Musk publicly offers to buy Twitter for 44 billion dollars.
  • April 25, 2022 – Twitter’s board accepts his offer and signs the merger agreement.
  • Spring–Summer 2022 – Months of drama follow: disputes over bots, legal threats, and “on hold” tweets.
  • Late October 2022 – Musk reverses course and moves to close the deal.
  • October 27–28, 2022 – The acquisition is completed; Musk takes control, fires top executives, and Twitter goes private under his ownership.

So if you’re just looking for the date people usually mean when they ask “when did Elon buy Twitter?” → October 27–28, 2022 is the key moment.

Extra Context & “Latest News” Angle

  • The purchase kicked off a wave of rapid changes: leadership shake-ups, mass layoffs, and new product experiments.
  • Twitter was later folded into X Corp , and in 2023 the Twitter brand itself began shifting toward the new X identity.

This deal is still a major reference point in tech and business discussions, especially whenever people debate free speech, content moderation, or the rebranding from Twitter to X.

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