{"id":46822,"date":"2022-07-30T21:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=46822"},"modified":"2022-07-30T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:01:36","slug":"why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Vanguard Buy Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f4609896cb9\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f4609896cb9\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f4609896cb9\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter\/#Why_Did_Vanguard_Buy_Twitter\" title=\"Why Did Vanguard Buy Twitter?\">Why Did Vanguard Buy Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter\/#Elon_Musk_wants_to_buy_twitter\" title=\"Elon Musk wants to buy twitter\">Elon Musk wants to buy twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter\/#Employees_are_concerned_about_a_buy-out\" title=\"Employees are concerned about a buy-out\">Employees are concerned about a buy-out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter\/#Teslas_dependence_on_China_could_influence_decision-making_at_Twitter\" title=\"Tesla&#8217;s dependence on China could influence decision-making at Twitter\">Tesla&#8217;s dependence on China could influence decision-making at Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-did-vanguard-buy-twitter\/#Vanguard_isnt_a_directional_bet_on_Twitter\" title=\"Vanguard isn&#8217;t a directional bet on Twitter\">Vanguard isn&#8217;t a directional bet on Twitter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Did_Vanguard_Buy_Twitter\"><\/span>Why Did Vanguard Buy Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"why did vanguard buy twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/cso0Itr.jpg\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; height:auto; max-height:337px; width:auto; max-width:41%\"> <\/p>\n<p>The company has become the largest Twitter stockholder in the world, but is it a good buy for Vanguard? Why did Musk want to buy Twitter? Does the Tesla dependence on China influence decision-making at Twitter? Can Twitter&#8217;s stock price survive a buy-out by Elon Musk? All these questions are relevant to the decision-making process at Twitter, but does the buy-out make Vanguard a good buy?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Elon_Musk_wants_to_buy_twitter\"><\/span>Elon Musk wants to buy twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Wharton grad who co-founded Tesla has offered to buy Twitter. He has already bought a 9% stake. However, he doesn&#8217;t have the cash to do it. And he doesn&#8217;t seem to have the appetite for the regulatory obligations of a public forum like Twitter. He also isn&#8217;t sure he can afford to buy the company outright. And if he did, he would most likely try to keep as many shareholders as possible.<\/p>\n<p>While Musk was the biggest shareholder, the Vanguard Group is now its biggest, controlling 10.3% of Twitter through ETFs and mutual funds. Vanguard is an index fund company and fund giant, but it&#8217;s not a hands-on owner. This means it&#8217;s up to activist investors to push for a change in management or big strategic changes. Musk and other activist investors should be careful not to make these mistakes, and Twitter employees must be able to handle the new situation with grace.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employees_are_concerned_about_a_buy-out\"><\/span>Employees are concerned about a buy-out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Many Vanguard employees have expressed their concerns about a possible buy-out after their company announced it was ending retiree medical accounts. Among those affected is Rebecca Snow, an information systems engineer in Charlotte, N.C. Snow&#8217;s manager, Wanda Kirschbaum, testified that Vanguard kept a &#8220;hit list&#8221; of older managers and &#8220;talent lists&#8221; of potential stars. The company had never intended to disband RMAs so quickly, but Kirschbaum said that her boss ordered her to write a critical performance review for Snow &#8211; which she refused to do.<\/p>\n<p>The issue isn&#8217;t really a buy-out, but more likely a growing pains issue. Though Vanguard has become the third largest mutual fund company in the world behind BlackRock, it grew very quickly. Scaling a business is tougher than it looks &#8211; especially when it&#8217;s trying to do it at cost. Employees have valid concerns about a buy-out, but they shouldn&#8217;t be surprised if it happens.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teslas_dependence_on_China_could_influence_decision-making_at_Twitter\"><\/span>Tesla&#8217;s dependence on China could influence decision-making at Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s dependence on China could influence the company&#8217;s decisions at Twitter, according to a media scholar. Elon Musk&#8217;s bid for the company is worth $44 billion. China has been a major market for Tesla and supplies the company with materials such as graphite for its batteries. Despite the Chinese government&#8217;s control over the internet, Twitter is open to criticism. Some analysts say that a Chinese takeover of Twitter would be a crude way for the Chinese government to control the narrative and influence decision-making at the company.<\/p>\n<p>While Elon Musk has criticized Saudi Arabia for promoting anti-democratic behavior, the Chinese government can also influence the company&#8217;s decisions. The company relies heavily on Chinese suppliers and has invested heavily in its supply chain in the country. If China were to cut off preferential access to its customers or cut off subsidies to the company, that would discourage Chinese consumers from purchasing a Tesla. If the situation worsens, the Chinese government could also put pressure on Twitter, influencing the company&#8217;s decision-making.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vanguard_isnt_a_directional_bet_on_Twitter\"><\/span>Vanguard isn&#8217;t a directional bet on Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In December, Vanguard Capital purchased an additional 8.4% stake in Twitter, knocking Musk off the top spot as the company&#8217;s largest individual shareholder. While Musk was keen to purchase the company, Vanguard isn&#8217;t making a directional bet on Twitter. The company purchased shares to avoid Musk from forcing major changes in Twitter&#8217;s content policies. But it may not be as obvious as it seems.<\/p>\n<p>The investment firm, which is second only to BlackRock in terms of total assets, has been quietly ramping up its stake in Twitter. This move has resulted in the investment firm owning about $10 billion worth of Twitter stock. 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