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Saudi's Kingdom Holding company to maintain Twitter stake

Published 10/28/2022, 11:03 AM
Updated 10/28/2022, 11:05 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Company and the private office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said on Friday that they will continue their ownership of Twitter shares valued at $1.89 billion after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media company, according to a statement tweeted by Prince Alwaleed.

Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) on Friday and the self-described free speech absolutist has said his desire is to see the company have fewer limits on content that can be posted on the influential social media platform.

Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding is 16.9% owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund chaired by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal rose to international prominence after making a big successful bet on Citigroup Inc(NYSE:C.N)in the 1990s and he was an early investor in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL).

The prince has also made hundreds of millions of dollars by investing in companies such as Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) Inc to Twitter Inc.

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