Buying Twitter for $44 bn was crazy, it was way overpriced: Musk

World's richest man Elon Musk said acquiring social media platform Twitter (now called X) for $44 billion in 2022 was a "crazy move". Speaking on Joe Rogan's podcast, Musk said, "The thing (Twitter) was way overpriced." He added, "The reason I did the Twitter acquisition was that if I didn't do it, I think we would have been screwed."