Elon Musk Sells Another Big Chunk of Tesla Stock

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If Tesla shareholders had been already anxious that Elon Musk was too distracted by his work at Twitter, they now have extra purpose to be upset: Mr. Musk disclosed on Wednesday that he had offered one other $3.6 billion value of Tesla inventory, probably to prop up his embattled social community.

Mr. Musk has now offered $23 billion value of Tesla inventory this yr, a lot of it after he pledged in April to cease promoting shares to finance his Twitter deal.

He hinted at what he was as much as on Tuesday, tweeting, “Watch out for debt in turbulent macroeconomic situations, particularly when Fed retains elevating charges.” That implies he both plans to purchase again a few of Twitter’s billions in debt — together with the $13 billion it took on as a part of his takeover — or, maybe much less possible, purchase again among the firm’s fairness.

None of this can reassure Tesla shareholders, who’re fretting over the 61 p.c drop within the carmaker’s inventory value this yr — and a chief government who has admitted to spending practically all of his time at Twitter these days. On Wednesday, Leo KoGuan, one among Tesla’s largest particular person traders, tweeted, “Tesla wants and deserves to have working full-time C.E.O.”

In the meantime, Mr. Musk has been busy suspending accounts at Twitter. Most notable amongst them was @ElonJet, the brainchild of Jack Sweeney, a 20-year-old faculty pupil who drew on public knowledge to trace Musk’s non-public jet.

The transfer signifies a shift in Mr. Musk’s method to Mr. Sweeney, after the billionaire — a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist — initially pledged to not droop the @ElonJets account. Twitter justified suspending the accounts primarily based on a change in its guidelines that seems to have been put in place within the final 24 hours.

A brand new ballot suggests some chief executives stay cautious of what Mr. Musk is doing at Twitter. On the invitation-only Yale C.E.O. Summit held this week, attendees had been requested to weigh in on prime enterprise matters. Right here’s the place these leaders got here down on a few of them:

  • 56 p.c of respondents mentioned corporations ought to cease promoting on Twitter (although a majority later mentioned their very own corporations had not).

  • 69 p.c mentioned they believed Twitter’s finest days had been behind it, whereas 79 p.c mentioned Mr. Musk had turn out to be a detriment to the worth of his corporations.

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