Twitter users voted for Elon Musk to sell 10% of Tesla shares , supported the sale of 10 percent of Tesla shares. This follows from the results of a survey conducted by the entrepreneur on Twitter.
In particular, 57.9 percent of respondents were in favor of the sale of securities, while 42.1 percent were against. In total, over 3.5 million people took part in the voting. The billionaire himself said that the sale of shares is the only way to pay taxes.
Earlier, Elon Musk said that “there has been too much discussion lately that unrealized profits are a means of tax evasion.” In this regard, he asked the users for advice on whether he needed to sell 10 percent of the shares of Tesla, which he founded, and said that he would make a decision based on the results of the vote.
On November 1, Elon Musk's fortune increased to 300 billion dollars. At the same time, Tesla quotes increased by 5.7 percent – to $ 1178.26 per share.