Elon Musk sells $4bn worth of Tesla shares to help fund Twitter purchase

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Musk has also been looking for partners to reduce his equity contribution to the deal, a person familiar with the matter says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Picture: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS

Musk said in a tweet that there are"no further TSLA sales planned after today". He sold 4.4-million shares on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the filings, equating to 2.6% of his stake in the company. Musk has been looking for partners to reduce his equity contribution to the deal, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, adding that it was far from certain such a partner would emerge.

Musk said on Twitter that he would pay more than $11bn in taxes in 2021 due to his exercise of stock options set to expire this year.

 

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