Elon Musk sold $3.95 billion in Tesla stock, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday. The proceeds will likely be used to fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter which closed on October 27. Musk sold the Tesla shares between November 4 and November 8. The sale brings his total share sales to $19 billion since April, when he first signed the deal to acquire...
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