Tesla's Musk exercises more options, sells shares worth $1.05 billion

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $1.05 billion after exercising options to buy 2.15 million shares, US securities filings showed

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1 min read Last Updated : Nov 24 2021 | 9:50 AM IST

(Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $1.05 billion after exercising options to buy 2.15 million shares, U.S. securities filings showed on Tuesday.

The world's richest person had on Nov. 6 tweeted that he would sell 10% of his stock if users of the social media platform approved. A majority of them had agreed with the sale.

Since then, he has sold 9.2 million shares worth $9.9 billion. Last Tuesday, Musk sold 934,091 shares to meet tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of stock options.

(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)

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First Published: Nov 24 2021 | 9:50 AM IST

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