Elon Musk Sells $6.9 Billion Of Tesla To Avoid Twitter Tussle Fire Sale

Elon Musk offloaded $6.9 billion of stock in Tesla Inc., the billionaire's biggest sale on record, saying he wanted to avoid a last-minute selloff of the electric-car maker's shares in the event he is forced to go ahead with his aborted deal to buy Twitter Inc.

Tesla's chief executive officer sold about 7.92 million shares on August 5, according to a series of regulatory filings that landed after US markets closed Tuesday.

As speculation mounted over the reason for the disposal, Musk responded in a series of late night tweets, saying he wanted to avert an emergency sale of stock if he is compelled to complete the $44 billion takeover of Twitter, which he walked away from last month. Asked by followers if he was done selling Tesla shares and would buy the stock again if the deal doesn't close, Musk responded: “Yes.”

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