In April of 2022, Twitter accepted an offer from Tesla's founder and CEO, Elon Musk, to be taken private for dozens of billions of dollars. It was viral news, and has been called the #twittertakeover, but what exactly happens when a company goes private? How will this change the company moving forward? Find out in this week's episode of FinCap Friday:

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About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!