Elon Musk tells BBC that owning Twitter has been quite painful

Twitter boss Elon Musk has told the BBC that running the company has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster".

However, the multi-billionaire entrepreneur also says that he would sell the company if the right person came along.

Mr Musk, who also runs car maker Tesla and rocket firm SpaceX, bought Twitter for $44bn (£35.4bn) in October.

He was taking part in an interview on Twitter Spaces, which attracted more than three million listeners.

Asked about the decision to add a label to the BBC's main Twitter account describing it as "government funded media", Mr Musk said: "I know the BBC is generally not thrilled about being labelled state media." read more