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Elon Musk appointed to Twitter board after buying nearly $3 billion in stock

Billionaire Elon Musk has been appointed to Twitter’s board. The move comes after Musk bought 9.2% of the social media company’s shares — nearly $3 billion dollars’ worth.

Roben Farzad, host of Public Radio’s “Full Disclosure,” joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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