**Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has agreed to buy Twitter for $44 billion, ending a weeks-long saga that began with him taking a stake in the social media company and culminated in a hostile takeover bid.**
The deal, which was announced on Monday, will see Musk take Twitter private and give him full control of the platform. It is the largest acquisition of a social media company in history.
In a statement, Musk said he plans to make Twitter .
