: Elon Musk sells $1 billion in Tesla stock in plan set before Twitter poll, SEC filing shows

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Elon Musk polled his Twitter followers last weekend about whether he should sell Tesla Inc. stock, but his plans to sell were already in progress.

Filings made public by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday afternoon showed Musk selling more than 930,000 shares of Tesla TSLA out of more than 2.1 million options he exercised at a price of $6.24 a share. Musk sold the shares for more than $1,100 and less than $1,200 apiece as Tesla shares dipped 4.8% on Monday, collecting roughly $1.09 billion.

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