It’s going to be something like that. He bought it for 44 billion. That was mostly loans. Those loans are transferred to the company and the company pays interest on them.
That's not true if media reports about the purchase was accurate. The debt financing was only $13 billion: https://www.google.com/search?q=musk+buys+twitter+%22%2413+b...
The more complete funding structure[1] looked like this:
+ $24 billion : Elon Musk personal wealth (e.g. selling some of his TESLA stock to raise money)
+ $7 billion : other equity investors (Saudi Arabia prince, Larry Ellison, etc.)
+ $13 billion: bank loans
The Twitter puchase was mostly Elon's personal money (~54%) and not debt.
So, a handle of individuals can dwarf most countries GPD.
Please pass this on when you see this cheap talking point, thanks.