- Elon Musk was pictured with the CEO of Qatar’s sovereign prosperity fund in the course of Sunday’s World Cup ultimate.
- The Qatar Expense Authority invested about $375 million in Musk’s takeover of Twitter.
- Musk claimed this week that he’ll step down as Twitter CEO at the time he finds a appropriate substitution.
Elon Musk was photographed at the Globe Cup ultimate with the head of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, which invested $375 million in Musk’s obtain of Twitter.
Images show Musk sat close to Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al-Mahmoud, CEO of the Qatar Financial commitment Authority, and Jared Kushner, son-in-law of previous president Donald Trump.
The Qatar Investment Authority declined to comment. However, it verified to The Washington Article that Al-Mahmoud was photographed at the match, and a lot of illustrations or photos posted by picture agencies and on social media showed the males facet-by-aspect.
About five several hours following the match, Musk tweeted a poll inquiring whether or not he need to stage down as head of Twitter.
The timing of the poll led the BBC to issue no matter whether Musk may possibly have met with investors from Qatar or Saudi Arabia through his time in the Middle East, and perhaps reviewed his management of Twitter.
Twitter people on Monday voted 57.5% in favor of Musk stepping down, and on Tuesday, Musk stated he’ll depart as Twitter CEO when he finds someone “silly enough to take the task.”
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In accordance to Bloomberg, the Qatar Investment Authority manages cash worthy of about $450 billion. It truly is chaired by Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s deputy key minister. Its vice chairman is Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led Qatar’s bid to host the Earth Cup.
Kushner, a actual-estate trader, has been linked to company deals involving Qatari revenue.
Twitter and Kushner did not reply to Insider’s requests for comment.
