Musk says he has secured $46.5 billion in funding for Twitter bid

FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon/File Photo

(Reuters) -Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with U.S. regulators showed.

Musk himself has committed to put up $33.5 billion, which will include $21 billion of equity and $12.5 billion of margin loans against some of his Tesla Inc shares to finance the transaction. He is chief executive officer of electric vehicle maker Tesla.