Stung by the 'poison' pill, Elon Musk takes a dig at Twitter board's salaries

Elon musk has done it again! The eccentric tech billionaire has shared yet another tweet aimed at further riling up the Twitter controversy.

Taking a swipe at the Twitter board of directors, Musk on Monday made a pretty bold statement about board member salaries. This comes after the social media giant decided to adopt a “poison pill” approach to deal with Musk’s hostile takeover bid of $43 billion.

A Twitter user while talking about Musk’s bid had posted a document along with the text: “Let me point out something obvious: If @elonmusk takes $TWTR private, the TWTR board members don’t have jobs any more, which pays them $250K-$300K per year for what is a nice part-time job. That could explain a lot.”

Responding to the user’s criticism of the board Tesla's CEO tweeted: "Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that's ~$3M/year saved right there."

Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist" who has continuously criticised Twitter's policies, made no further remarks. Twitter is yet to issue a statement in reply.

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The whole Musk-Twitter saga started with the eccentric billionaire purchasing 9.2 per cent stock in the micro-blogging website. This move at that time made him Twitter’s biggest shareholder, a position that was short-lived. Now, the Vanguard group holds that position with a 10.3 per cent stake.

On Thursday, continuing his tirade against the company Musk launched a poll asking his millions of followers if "taking Twitter private at $54.20 should be up to shareholders, not the board", to which a huge majority responded "Yes".

After Twitter launched the 'poison pill' protocol, a plan to sell shares at a discount to prevent shareholders from amassing a stake of more than 15 per cent, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also tweeted "Love Me Tender," an Elvis Presley song.

Meanwhile, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey chastised the company's board in a series of tweet replies on Saturday, saying "it's consistently been the dysfunction of the company."

(With inputs from agencies)