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Elon Musk speaks out after internet votes YES to him selling 10% of Tesla stock | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Elon Musk’s followers voted yes to the billionaire selling 10% of his stocks in Tesla this weekend, and he has promised to stick with the outcome of his controversial Twitter poll. | |
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man, put the decision of whether to sell his stocks to a Twitter poll on Saturday, and pledged to “abide by the results of this poll, whichever way it goes.” | |
Over 3.5 million people voted in the poll, which concluded with the ‘Yes’ faction winning by a comfortable margin (57.9%). When asked if the poll went the way he wanted, Musk signaled that he won’t go back on his promise to follow through. | |
“I was prepared to accept either outcome,” he tweeted. | “I was prepared to accept either outcome,” he tweeted. |
Explaining his decision to consider selling off the stocks (valued at around $21 billion) Musk said that since he doesn’t “take a cash salary or bonus from anywhere,” the only way for him to “pay taxes personally is to sell stock.” | |
The poll angered many social media users, who accused Musk of devaluing the company’s stock, and reportedly prompted concerns among the electric car maker’s shareholders. | The poll angered many social media users, who accused Musk of devaluing the company’s stock, and reportedly prompted concerns among the electric car maker’s shareholders. |
Assuming Musk does sell the stock as promised, it will still only be a fraction of his $318 billion estimated net worth. | Assuming Musk does sell the stock as promised, it will still only be a fraction of his $318 billion estimated net worth. |
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