Elon Musk shrugged off naysayers on Friday morning, excitedly tweeting 'let the good times roll' after officially taking over at Twitter and firing three senior executives.
Within hours of taking the keys, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and top counsel Vijaya Gadde - the woman responsible for banning President Trump after the January 6 riots.
Photos show Musk chatting casually with Gadde and other employees at the HQ's coffee bar, hours before the gauntlet came down.
Gadde, widely considered the 'head of censorship' at Twitter, had been vocal in her criticism of Musk; she cried during a meeting in April after he first announced plans to buy the company.
Musk had publicly slammed her for squashing links to stories about Hunter Biden's incriminating laptop before the 2020 election.
She walked away with a sizeable payout - a total of $72million in stocks that she owned, salary and benefits and stocks that had not yet vested when she was in her position but which are now paid out as part of the deal. READ MORE...
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