Musk’s Twitter purchase was a leveraged buyout
> $10B of additional debt<p>$13 Billion actually.<p>> and now is facing annual $1B interest payments<p>Estimated to be 10% APY given where CCC Debt was in April. But the details are sketchy and I haven't been able to get a better estimate than that. I've heard rumors of 50% fixed + 50% adjustable, meaning some of that debt can be as high as 16% right now (today, CCC Debt is going for 16% APY).<p>So we're looking at $1.3 Billion to $2 Billion in interest payments alone (let alone principal) by my estimate. I've been curious if anyone out there has been able to get a better estimate on Twitter's LBO debt.<p>--------<p>In short, this buyout turned Twitter from a $200-million lost-per-year company into a $1500-million to $2200-million lost-per-year company (pending anyone's better estimate).