As the Jan. 19 date for a TikTok ban approaches, another name is emerging as a potential buyer: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who already owns X.

Were Musk to become involved with TikTok, “this would significantly enhance the value of Twitter/X platform and likely Musk would take outside investments for this potential golden asset pickup ...

And certainly, many of TikTok's 170 million US users would rather use a Musk-owned TikTok — if they even knew who owned it in ...

Musk, MrBeast, investor and "Shark Tank" host Kevin O'Leary and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty have been the names primarily connected to the purchase of TikTok.

For Musk and X, the TikTok acquisition could be a “golden asset pick-up,” Ives said. TikTok’s 170 million monthly American users would be a big boost to Musk’s social media company.

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, must find a buyer for the app or face a ban in the United States. Elon Musk said he has no plans to make a bid.

Elon Musk has no interest in purchasing TikTok’s American business from Chinese company ByteDance according to new public comments. In a recently released video interview at the WELT Economic ...

Elon Musk does not intend to buy TikTok after President Donald Trump recently extended the grace period on a pending ban of the Chinese-owned social media site in the United States.

Officials at TikTok said they could not be expected to comment on pure fiction when asked about rumors China was looking into having Elon Musk acquire the social media platform.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew has been reaching out to President-elect Trump confidante Elon Musk, who also owns X, in an effort to find out the new administration's tech policy plans.

For Musk and X, the TikTok acquisition could be a “golden asset pick-up,” Ives said. TikTok’s 170 million monthly American users would be a big boost to Musk’s social media company.