Billionaire Elon Musk Officially Takes Over Twitter And Fires Top Executives...

TECH billionaire Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter and reportedly fired several top executives after a fraught $44bn deal was finally secured.

The Tesla chief tweeted that "the bird is freed" referencing the company's iconic logo after finally closing the deal following months of legal wrangling.

As the company passed into the hands of the Tesla chief, Twitter's former CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal were fired, sources claimed.