https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/16/how-musk-wooed-twitter-only-to-leave-it-at-the-altar > An affair between the tycoon and the platform he adores was always going to be tricky. Now the courts are involved > It was late January and Elon Musk had just announced a change of gear at Tesla, the world’s largest electric car company. In the teeth of a global supply chain crisis, the firm would not be releasing any new models until at least 2023. But America’s $230bn (£194bn) tech tycoon had found another focus for his attention. Within days, he had begun investing large sums in Twitter shares, to build a stake that eventually reached more than 9%.