The Entrepreneur Has Sold More Than US$ 10 Billion in Tesla Shares, Electric Vehicle Manufacturer
The South African entrepreneur Elon Musk has sold more than US$ 10 billion in shares of Tesla, his automotive company, as the wave of stock sales by the billionaire regarding his stake in the electric vehicle manufacturer extended into its second month. On Thursday, December 2, Elon Musk sold more than 934,000 shares of Tesla, equivalent to about US$ 1 billion, according to regulatory documents.
The CEO began selling shares on November 8, after polling Twitter users about whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla shares, and received support for the idea on the platform.
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Based on the total stakes before the Twitter poll, it is likely that Musk needs to sell more than 12 million additional shares, after his recent transactions, in order to meet his promised goal.
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The entrepreneur Elon Musk has a net worth of about US$ 297 billion in 2021, according to Forbes, making him the richest individual on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The stock price of Tesla Motors has fallen since Elon Musk began selling shares last month.
The stock ended Thursday (2) at US$ 1,084.60, down 0.9% for the day and over 11% since Elon Musk conducted the poll on the social network. Source: Dow Jones Newswires.
About Tesla
Tesla Inc. was founded in 2003 in California by Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, J.B. Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, and Ian Wright. It is an automotive and energy storage company that develops, produces, and sells high-performance electric vehicles, as well as components for motors and transmissions for electric vehicles and battery-based products.
Billionaire Elon Musk took on the role of CEO in 2008, a position he still holds today. The company currently has nine subsidiaries: SolarCity, Maxell Technologies, DeepScale, Tesla Insurance Inc., Tesla Advanced Automation Germany, Tesla Korea Limited, Tm Sweden Ab, and Tesla Motors Canada ULC.
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