AUSTIN

Twitter’s new proprietor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has bought almost $4 billion value of Tesla shares, in response to regulatory filings.

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Musk, who purchased Twitter for $44 billion, bought 19.5 million shares of the electrical automobile firm from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, in response to Tuesday’s filings with the Securities and Change Fee.

He bought $7 billion of his Tesla inventory in August as he labored to finance the Twitter buy he was making an attempt to get out of on the time.

In all, Musk has bought greater than $19 billion value of Tesla inventory since April, together with these in Tuesday’s filings, more likely to fund his share of the Twitter buy. Most of Musk’s wealth is tied up in shares of Tesla Inc.

On Tuesday, his private web value dropped under $200 billion, in response to Forbes, however he’s nonetheless the world’s richest particular person. Musk had lined up banks together with Morgan Stanley to assist finance the Twitter deal.

His unique share of the deal was about $15.5 billion, Wedbush Analyst Dan Ives estimated.

But when fairness traders dropped out, Musk could be on the hook to switch them or throw in additional of his personal cash.

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Tesla’s shares closed down $5.78, or 2.9%, at $191.30. The inventory has misplaced 52% of its worth for the reason that begin of this 12 months.

Compared, the S&P 500 index has misplaced about 20% of its worth to this point this 12 months.