埃隆·马斯克收购推特的所有问题

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埃隆·马斯克对推特的收购,他将其更名为X,变成了一场没有人预见到的金融噩梦——好吧,也许有些人预见到了,但相关银行肯定不想相信。

埃隆借了130亿美元来资助这场疯狂的冒险,这是自2008年金融危机以来并购融资中最糟糕的交易之一。

这些银行——摩根士丹利、美国银行、巴克莱银行和其他银行——抓住机会与这位世界首富合作,可能认为这会一帆风顺。但他们并没有通过将债务转嫁给投资者来迅速获利,而是被留下来了。

正如业内人士所说,债务是“挂起的”,这意味着它被困在他们的资产负债表上,积聚灰尘,拖累他们的利润。你会认为他们能够找到愿意承担债务的人,但X糟糕的财务表现使这成为不可能。

不会消失的贷款灾难

埃隆用来收购推特的贷款在440亿美元的交易完成后迅速贬值。银行本应迅速摆脱这笔债务,并迅速从费用中获利。

值得一提的是,就连埃隆本人也承认这笔交易被高估了。但银行对与他合作的机会太过激动,不愿退出。埃隆和他的投资者投入了约300亿美元收购推特,如果事情进展不顺,这给了银行一些缓冲。

剧透:事情进展得很快。

在埃隆执政近两年后,X仍然处于财务困境。该公司去年表示,其价值下降了一半以上,降至约190亿美元。

当然,应用程序的使用率有所上升,可能是因为人们无法将目光从火车残骸上移开,但这并没有转化为金钱。在埃隆介入之前,广告收入已经举步维艰,现在没有反弹。

而且这家伙并没有帮到什么忙。他从告诉逃离平台的广告商“去他妈的”,直接起诉他们和一个贸易组织,指控他们非法密谋抵制X。不出所料,该组织计划在法庭上与这些指控作斗争。

与此同时,X的财务状况正在靠生命维持。甚至在利率停止上升之前,埃隆就表示,X每年要支付约15亿美元的利息。

今年早些时候,银行确实试图收拾残局。他们讨论了一项计划,埃隆将偿还X的部分债务,银行将降低利息支付。

但令人惊讶的是,这个计划毫无进展。现在,银行陷入了第22条军规。他们不想惹恼埃隆,因为如果SpaceX或Starlink上市,他们希望从中分得一杯羹。

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