Musk sells another $930 million in Tesla stock

Headlines 13:10 16 Nov, 2021

 Tesla shares are still up 44% year to date, and have gained 148% over the past 12 months

Musk sells another $930 million in Tesla stock

Elon Musk continues to unload Tesla Inc. stock, exercising his options and selling another $930 million in shares Monday after dumping $6.9 billion in stock last week.

Qazet.az informs, citing foreign media, that Musk’s selloff last week led to the worst week for Tesla stock in more than a year. Tesla shares TSLA, -1.94% fell nearly 2% Monday, and are down more than 17% since November 8.

If Musk indeed intends to sell 10% of his shares, he’s far from being done. As of last week, his stake amounted to about 17 million shares — so he would have about 9.77 million shares to go.

Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, has millions of stock options that he needs to exercise by August 2022, and Musk said in September that he intended on selling a large chunk of stock in the fourth quarter. CNBC reported last week that Musk faced about a $15 billion tax bill on those options.

Despite the recent tumble, Tesla shares are still up 44% year to date, and have gained 148% over the past 12 months.