Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO to attract Saudi investors? Has Jared Kushner brokered the deal?

Elon Musk had long ago announced that he does not want to be the CEO of any of his companies, and that he would much rather spend his time working with the engineers at SpaceX, Tesla and some of his other companies.

So when Musk put up a poll, asking his Twitter followers on whether he should step down as the CEO of the social media platform, many people started assuming that this was his way of announcing that he would be stepping away from the role, because that’s what the people on Twitter wanted. That way, if and when Twitter goes bankrupt, he would have been able to shirk some responsibility.

However, things are not as straightforward as it seems. Before he put up the poll, Elon Musk was spotted at the finals of the Qatar World Cup, between Argentina and France. Musk was spotted with Jared Kushner the son-in-law of the former President of the United States, Donald Trump. 

Apparently, Musk, who has been looking for private investors to buy privately held shares of Twitter, was in Qatar to have a meeting with a few people from Saudi Arabia, as well as Qatar, and see, if they would be willing to invest in Twitter.

oh look elon musk is at the world cup with jared kushner pic.twitter.com/OposGx4Y3B

— marguerite (@mantispants) December 18, 2022

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law has a number of business ventures in Saudi Arabia, and has a lot of close ties to some of the most prominent members of Saudi Royal family. Earlier this year, the New York Times had discovered that Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, managed over $2.5 billion, of which about $2 billion is from Saudi Arabia, mainly Saudi Public Investment Fund.

Elon Musk and former US President Donald Trump’s son in law, Jared Kushner have been spotted at the World Cup final match in Qatar.@elonmusk @jaredkushner @fifaworldcup