Billionaire Ken Griffin Backs Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal 

Billionaire Ken Griffin backs Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter

Billionaire Ken Griffin has committed to back Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter Inc, Bloomberg reported.

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Billionaire Ken Griffin is committing nearly $20 million to the $44 billion Twitter deal.

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Elon Musk had not disclosed the information to the public.

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Ken Griffin has an estimated net worth of $29.2 billion.

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Tech billionaire had disclosed in a May filing that he had $7.1 billion of financing commitments to help him buy the social-media platform.

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