https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7w97w/elon-musk-appointed-to-twitters-board-of-directors > Elon Musk, currently the richest man in the world and a notoriously terrible Twitter poster, now has a seat on Twitter board of directors, the company’s CEO Parag Agrawal has announced.  > The news comes a day after we learned that Musk bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, making him the single largest shareholder. Yesterday, we wondered what Musk’s intentions were—a genuine investment strategy? a billionaire’s elaborate prank?—but now we know: Musk now holds one of the most powerful positions any single person looking to influence a company can hold.