Elon Musk offloads $3.9bn Tesla shares since Twitter takeover

James Baxter-Derrington
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Elon Musk offloads $3.9bn Tesla shares since Twitter takeover

CEO has offloaded $19.3bn of stock in his electric vehicle company since completing his takeover of Twitter late last month

Elon Musk has sold $3.9bn of his Tesla stock in the period since he moved into Twitter HQ, pushing his total sales since announcing his takeover bid for the social media platform towards $20bn. Since...

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