Apollo Stated to Be Weighing Collaborating in Twitter Bid

The non-public fairness agency Apollo International Administration is contemplating collaborating in a bid for Twitter by providing debt financing to potential consumers, together with the Tesla chief government Elon Musk, in response to an individual with data of the state of affairs.

No selections have but been made, stated the individual, who requested anonymity as a result of the talks have been confidential.

The Wall Avenue Journal earlier reported Apollo’s potential participation in a bid.

Mr. Musk, the world’s wealthiest man who additionally leads the rocket maker SpaceX, final week put ahead a roughly $40 billion bid to purchase Twitter. Mr. Musk, whose wealth is essentially tied up in inventory, didn’t provide any particulars about financing such a deal.

Buyers have been skeptical that he would be capable of cobble collectively the funds wanted to purchase Twitter. Analysts have estimated Mr. Musk would want $15 billion to $20 billion in debt to fund his efforts. He just lately amassed a greater than 9 p.c stake within the firm.

Final week, Twitter introduced it was utilizing a technique referred to as a “poison pill,” which might make it considerably more durable for Mr. Musk to accumulate greater than 15 p.c of the corporate. Twitter stated the defensive maneuver wouldn’t cease the corporate from holding talks with any potential purchaser, and would give it extra time to barter a deal that Twitter’s board believes finest displays the corporate’s worth.

Mr. Musk’s method seems to have stirred different potential consumers. A minimum of one different non-public fairness agency, Thoma Bravo, has expressed curiosity in buying Twitter, The New York Times previously reported.

Mr. Musk, for his half, seems undeterred. On Saturday, he tweeted the phrases “Love Me Tender” alongside musical notes, a seeming reference to each the Elvis Presley ballad by the identical title and a “tender provide” through which Mr. Musk would take his provide on to shareholders.

Apollo has expertise within the media business. Final yr, it acquired AOL and Yahoo in a deal price $5 billion.