(New York) New craziness of which it is customary or real question? Elon Musk asked his 62 million Twitter followers on Saturday whether he should sell 10% of his shares in Tesla, and assured him that he would stick to their decision.
The whimsical boss of the electric vehicle maker seems to have in his sights a new proposal from the Democrats, who would like to tax the super-rich more heavily by targeting their stocks, usually taxed only when they are sold.
“There has been a lot of talk lately about unrealized gains as a tool for tax evasion, so I am proposing to sell 10% of my Tesla shares,” Elon Musk wrote in a tweet.
” Do you agree ? ”He then asks Internet users, suggesting that they vote“ yes ”or“ no ”.
“I will respect the results of this survey, whatever the conclusion,” adds the multi-billionaire.
At around 9 p.m. GMT, the responses were about 55% in favor of “yes”.
According to Bloomberg, Elon Musk owned about 17% of Tesla’s outstanding shares as of June 30, which is currently worth $ 208.37 billion. The entrepreneur was also given a large package of convertible purchase options as compensation.
With his stakes in his other companies, Neuralink and especially SpaceX, Elon Musk is theoretically the richest man in the world with a fortune estimated by Bloomberg at 338 billion dollars.
“Note that I am not taking a salary in cash or a bonus anywhere,” said Elon Musk on Twitter. “I only have shares, so the only way for me to pay taxes personally is to sell shares,” he adds.