Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded ironically to a recent media report. According to the article, musk had a "shadow crew" composed of a group of billionaires who encouraged him to buy twitter. Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist, shared this article on twitter. Musk responded, "my shadow team is disgusting! And who are they?"
Musk also came up with an idea to sell the peripheral goods of the "shadow team" to raise funds for his acquisition of twitter.
"Selling shadow team goods to buy twitter?" he wrote
Previous media reports said that the "shadow team" that encouraged musk to acquire twitter included PayPal co-founder Peter thier and entrepreneur David sacks.
There are also some supporting figures, such as Steve Jurvetson, a venture capitalist and early Tesla investor, and kimbal musk, Musk's brother. It is said that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey also encouraged musk to privatize twitter. The report also said that the team was "well-organized" and "liberal".