Elon Musk Exercises Tesla Options, Sells $1.1 Billion in Shares to Cover Taxes

Elon Musk Exercises Tesla Options, Sells $1.1 Billion in Shares to Cover Taxes
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars at its factory in Shanghai on Jan. 7, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk sold about $1.1 billion worth of shares to cover tax obligations on options exercise, the billionaire reported in filings on Wednesday.

Musk exercised options to acquire nearly 2.2 million shares of Tesla and then sold about 934,000 shares -- about 0.5% of his Tesla holdings.