Twitter CEO Set To Receive $42 Million If Terminated After Elon Musk’s Takeover

Elon Musk Buys Twitter: Parag Agrawal was named CEO of Twitter last year November.New York: Twitter Inc CEO Parag Agrawal would get an estimated $42 million if he were terminated within 12 months of a change in control at the social media company, according to research firm Equilar.On Monday billionaire Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, ending its run as a public company since 2013.Musk in a securities filing on April 14 had said he did not have confidence in Twitter’s management.Equilar’s estimate includes a year’s worth of Agrawal’s base salary plus accelerated vesting of all equity awards, an Equilar spokesperson said, based on Musk’s offering price of $54.20 per share and terms in the company’s recent proxy statement.A Twitter representative declined to comment on Equilar’s estimate.Agrawal, previously Twitter’s chief technology officer, was named CEO in November. His total compensation for 2021 was $30.4 million, according to Twitter’s proxy, largely in stock awards.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)



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