Elon Musk acquired 2.57 million shares of Tesla with a total value of $1 billion

American entrepreneur Elon Musk on Friday, September 12, purchased 2.57 million shares of Tesla at various prices, the total value of which amounted to $ 1 billion. This is reported in documents sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This is Musk's first purchase of Tesla shares on the open market since February 2020, the American CNBC television channel notes. It is specified that the entrepreneur owned about 13% of Tesla shares before the purchases on September 12.

In addition, it is reported that Tesla securities have increased in value by more than 25% over the past three months.

Earlier, on September 5, it was reported that the Tesla board of directors presented a new ten-year payment plan for American entrepreneur Elon Musk, the amount of which could reach a record $ 1 trillion. Under the terms of the agreement, Musk will have to increase Tesla's market capitalization from $1.09 trillion to $8.5 trillion, which is more than twice the value of Nvidia, the current world leader ($4.2 trillion).

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