Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unloaded $5 billion of stock in the electric carmaker, shortly after holding a poll on Twitter over whether he should sell 10% of his massive stake in the company.
The world’s richest person so far has disposed of more than 4.5 million shares this week, according to regulatory filings Wednesday. Those were his first sales in more than five years.
Musk, who frequently posts on Twitter and often engages on controversial topics, created a firestorm over the weekend with the survey about whether he should sell part of his Tesla stake — which he connected back to a debate about whether the ultrawealthy are paying their fair share of taxes.
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