Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $4 billion

By: Sohail Akhter Image Credit: Google

Elon Musk sold 19.2 million shares of Tesla worth $4 billion.

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Musk has not yet disclosed why he has sold these shares.

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But it can be guessed that the reason for this is to buy Twitter.

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Elon Musk bought Twitter a few months ago for $44 billion.

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Elon Musk sold 9.6 million shares of Tesla in April worth $8.5 billion.

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The price of one share sold in April was close to $885.

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But the price of one share that Elon Mask sold to Mars was $205.

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