Who really owns Twitter has been up for much speculation ever since Elon Musk decided to create a $44 billion bonfire. The Washington Post did some digging and came up with some answers:
That Morgan Stanley-led syndicate lent Elon Musk $13 billion to buy Twitter, of which $10 billion was a margin loan on ever less valuable Tesla stock and $3 billion in unsecured cash, and are owed $1 billion a year in interest, are preparing to write off those loans before the end of the year. Besides Morgan Stanley, the syndicate includes Bank of America Corp , Barclays Plc (UK), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Japan), BNP Paribas (France), Mizuho Financial Group (Japan), and Societe Generale (France).
President Biden and some members of Congress have concerns about the role of so many foreigners in the Twitter deal because anyone who invested $250 million or more got special access to confidential company information, potentially allowing the Saudis or Qataris to track down dissidents. EU regulators have concerns about privacy protections and granting outsiders access to internal company communications.