Tesla CEO Elon Musk is promoting hundreds of thousands of Tesla shares once more. The superstar government disposed of 19.5 million shares Tuesday, which is value about $3.95 billion, based on three filings with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee.
Musk didn’t take to Twitter to elucidate why he offered shares, however it’s doable the cash will go in the direction of his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media platform, which went via final month.
In April, Musk additionally offered round 9.6 million shares of Tesla inventory, which on the time was value $8.5 billion. These shares had been offered at round $885.42. Since then, Tesla has issued a three-for-one inventory break up, bringing the price of every share down.
Musk offered shares Tuesday at a mean value of $202.56 every.
Tesla is presently buying and selling at $191.30 after hours.