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Twitter Followers Vote 'Yes' to Elon Musk Selling Off 10 Percent of His Tesla Stock Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers on Saturday if he should sell 10 percent of his company stock. The poll received more than 3.5 million votes.

By The Epoch Times

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers on Saturday if he should sell 10 percent of his company stock as he faces an upcoming large tax bill.

"Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock," Musk said on Twitter.

"Do you support this?" he asked in a poll.

The poll received more than 3.5 million votes. As of Tuesday morning, 57.9 percent answered yes, with 42.1 percent responding no.

The post had received more than 25,300 retweets, 15,300 quotes, and 144,000 likes at the time of this publication.

Musk also agreed to act according to the poll's outcome in a later post.

"I will abide by the results of this poll, whichever way it goes," he said.

The Tesla CEO also said on Twitter, "Note, I do not take a cash salary or bonus from anywhere. I only have stock, thus the only way for me to pay taxes personally is to sell stock."

Musk owns more than 170 million shares. A Reuters report noted selling 10 percent of his stock would result in nearly $21 billion based on last Friday's prices.

Investor Chamath Palihapitiya highlighted the significance of Musk's Twitter poll in his own recent post.

"We are witnessing the Twitter masses deciding the outcome of a $25B coin flip," Palihapitiya said.

Tesla Inc. shares fell 7.5 percent in premarket trading on Monday as investors prepared for its chief Elon Musk's proposed sale of about a tenth of his holdings in Tesla following the Twitter poll.

Last month, Musk was reported as having a net worth of $242 billion. Multiple outlets claimed the Tesla CEO is on track to become the world's first trillionaire.

Already considered the world's richest person, Musk's Tesla is just one of the multiple companies run by the entrepreneur. His popular SpaceX company has served as an innovator in space travel, already considered the world's second-largest privately held company.

Musk also made news recently when he said he would sell $6 billion in Tesla stock to donate to the World Food Program if the group could disclose information on how it would spend the money.

"If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it," Musk wrote in a Twitter post on Oct. 31.

By Christopher Burroughs

Christopher Burroughs reports on breaking news for The Epoch Times.

The Epoch Times, founded in 2000, is headquartered in Manhattan, New York, with a mission to provide independent and accurate information free of political bias or corporate influence. The organization was established in response to censorship within China and a lack of global awareness regarding the Chinese regime's repression of the spiritual practice Falun Gong.

The Epoch Times is a widely read newspaper that is distributed in 33 countries and is available in 21 languages. The publication has been critical in providing balanced and detailed reporting on major global events such as the 2003 SARS pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis. Notably, the organization has played a key role in exposing corruption inside China.

Aside from its human rights coverage, The Epoch Times has made significant contributions in a variety of fields. It has received praise for its in-depth analysis and expert perspectives on business, the economy and U.S. politics. The newspaper has also received praise for its broad coverage of these topics.

A series of editorials titled "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" appeared in The Epoch Times in 2004. It asserts that freedom and prosperity in China can only be achieved by eliminating the Communist Party, which violated China's cultural and spiritual values. In addition, the organization led the Tuidang movement, which resulted in over 400 million Chinese citizens quitting the Communist Party. In spite of this, 90% of websites referring to the "Nine Commentaries" were blocked by the Chinese regime.

The Epoch Times has been at the forefront of investigating high-level corruption cases within the Chinese regime, with its reporters taking significant risks to uncover these stories. The organization has received several awards for its investigative journalism.

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