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‘Let that sink in!’

Musk arrived at Twitter’s San Francisco offices on Oct. 26, toting a white porcelain sink through the glass doors of the building. “Let that sink in!” he tweeted at the time, along with a video of his grand entrance.Leslie Berland, Twitter’s chief marketing officer, encouraged employees to say hi to Musk and escorted him through the office. He was seen chatting with employees at the company coffee bar.

But the vibe quickly changed. The next day, Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s chief executive, and Ned Segal, the chief financial officer, were in the office, two people familiar with the situation said. Once they knew Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was closing that afternoon, they left the building, uncertain what the new owner would do.

• The advisers included venture capitalists David Sacks, Jason Calacanis and Sriram Krishnan; Musk’s personal lawyer Alex Spiro; his financial manager Jared Birchall; and Antonio Gracias, a former Tesla director. Joining in were engineers and others from Tesla; from Musk’s brain interface startup, Neuralink; and from his tunneling company, the Boring Co.

  At times, Musk was spotted with his 2-year-old son, X Æ A-12, at Twitter’s office as he greeted employees.

Agrawal and Segal soon received emails saying they had been fired, two people familiar with the situation said. Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive, and Sean Edgett, the general counsel, were also fired. Edgett, who was in Twitter’s offices at the time, was escorted out.

That evening, Twitter hosted a Halloween party called “Trick or Tweet” for employees and their families. Some workers dressed in costume and tried to keep the mood festive. Others cried and hugged one another.

Musk had brought his own advisers, many of whom had worked at his other businesses, such as the digital payments company PayPal and the electric carmaker Tesla. They parked themselves in the “war room,” on the second floor of a building attached to Twitter’s headquarters. The area, which Twitter used to fete big-spending advertisers and dignitaries, was stocked with company memorabilia.