Hours after the deal was done, Musk fired his top executives.
Almost all of the senior leadership and half of the workforce left within two weeks.
Musk has been scheming with a small team to replace them.
"Elon has an inner circle of friends and family that he keeps close," according to the Evening Standard.
The billionaire drafts his friends into new business ventures, and some of them have already appeared on the social networking site.
Picked from Musk's inner circle of allies, friends, and ex-colleagues, these are the people who are helping him fix the social networking site.
Musk and Calacanis have been friends for a long time.
According to texts released during Musk's legal battle, he wanted to be the CEO of the company.
Calacanis asked Musk to put him in the game coach. I would love to work at the CEO ofTwitter.
Calacanis stated in his bio that he was the "chief meme officer" at the social media site.
Insider's Kali Hays has learned that he is listed as a software engineer in the company's internal database.
Calacanis has promoted his involvement with the company in a number of ways.
Spiro was Musk's lawyer in a defamation case.
Spiro was involved in Musk's attempt to back out of his deal with the micro-blogging site.
The Washington Post's sources say that a celebrity lawyer who has worked with stars such as Jay-Z is now in charge of the government relations, policy, and marketing teams at the micro-messaging service.
Sources told Insider that Spiro was involved in the plan to lay off about one in two staff.
Krishnan is the only one who has worked for the social networking site before.
The software engineer left the company.
Krishnan said that he was assisting Musk after the takeover.
Both Krishnan's and Musk's roles are not clear. He has been a supporter of the billionaire in the past.
Musk appeared on a talk show hosted by Krishnan and his wife in February of 2021.
Sacks is one of the founding fathers of the payments app. Sacks and Musk are alumni of the group.
Sacks went on to start a venture-capital firm after he left his job at PayPal.
Sacks is said to have been brought in to assist Musk with his social media presence. He was listed as a software engineer in the company directory and assigned an email address, according to sources.
Sacks said he had no official role but was doing what investors try to do in Silicon Valley which is helpful at the margins.
The billionaire's personal wealth is managed by Birchall. He was described as Musk's right hand man.
The former analyst has been working with Musk for a long time. He was listed as chief executive, CFO, and president of Neuralink in the year.
Birchall was involved in securing the financing for Musk's purchase of the social network.
According to The Washington Post, Musk's right-hand man has been a part of the team that has been working on strategy on the social media platform.
Spiro, Calacanis, Sacks, Birchall, and Krishnan did not reply to questions from Insider.
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