Not exact matches
After public transportation advocate Jarrett Walker criticized what he characterized as
Musk's «hatred
of sharing space with strangers,»
Musk called Walker an «idiot.»
If Mr.
Musk were somehow to increase the value
of Tesla to $ 650 billion — a figure many experts would contend is laughably impossible and would make Tesla one
of the five largest companies in the United States, based on current valuations — his stock award could be worth as much as $ 55 billion (assuming the company does not issue any more
shares over the next decade, which is unrealistic).
As a professional disruptor, Elon
Musk has had his fair
share of enemies and attracted many online detractors.
Square
shares a lot
of qualities with Elon
Musk's auto company, even though they are in much different industries, Mizuho Securities said.
Public transit consultant Jarrett Walker tweeted a response on December 14, saying Elon
Musk's «hatred
of sharing space with strangers is a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford.»
In an interview in the April 2017 issue
of Vanity Fair,
Musk shared that Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — a book about aliens destroying earth, creating supersonic highways and building a supercomputer that knows all
of life's mysteries — was a «turning point» for him.
Musk's school
of thought is
shared by Y Combinator president Sam Altman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, with whom he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit meant to ensure A.I. is used for good.
Musk shared a photo
of the «main body tool» — essentially a large manufacturing mold to weave the carbon fiber that will comprise the upper stage
of the rocket.
Making use
of blogging and email is cost - effective in terms
of getting content
shared, and whether you have the budget
of Elon
Musk or something much more modest,
sharing is what it is all about.
The report quotes festival co-founder Will Roger saying that «tech titans»
share his vision
of creating an «experiment in a permanent community,» though he never specifies who the tech titans are or directly addresses the rumor about Brin and
Musk being potential investors.
Short - seller Jim Chanos, Kynikos Associates founder,
shares his thoughts on Tesla, Elon
Musk and the mass exodus
of the company's top executives.
Musk had not revealed the crash, which occurred May 7, to shareholders before a public offering
of $ 2 billion in
shares nine days later.
After days
of following Elon
Musk's verbal bread crumbs on Twitter, the billionaire entrepreneur published his «Master Plan Part Deux» on Wednesday night, outlining a sweeping and grandiose vision that laid out future Tesla vehicles,
shared and autonomous cars, and combined solar panels and batteries.
April 2 - Tesla Inc was reported on Monday to be making 2,000
of its Model 3 sedans per week as
shares of billionaire Elon
Musk's electric carmaker slid, driven by news a crash in California had involved its semi-autonomous autopilot.
April 13 - Tesla Inc will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters
of this year and will not have to raise any money from investors, billionaire Chief Executive Elon
Musk said on Friday, driving
shares in the electric carmaker higher.
But in
sharing detailed images
of giant rockets, spaceships, fuel pods, and other crucial components
of his Interplanetary Transportation System (ITS),
Musk left out some important stuff, including where he plans to fit 100 to 200 passengers on each trip to the red planet.
I think most people would agree that holding 20 percent
of the
shares entitles
Musk to some input on what value is being maximized.
He says since Tesla's
shares are under the influence
of a large controlling shareholder, namely
Musk, you shouldn't read too much into its stock movements.
Last year, the billionaire even engaged in a brief Twitter spat with Fortune (including blocking Fortune «s primary Twitter account) over its reporting in the wake
of a Tesla driver's fatal crash and
Musk's post-crash sale
of Tesla
shares in a public offering.
The offering consisted
of Tesla selling approximately $ 1.7 billion
of new stock while
Musk exercised stock options for over 5.5 million
shares that were set to expire on Dec. 3, 2016 and then sold nearly 2.8 million
of those
shares.
Tesla Inc investors gave a rare rebuke to iconoclastic Chief Executive Elon
Musk on Wednesday after he cut off analysts asking about profit potential, sending
shares down 5 percent despite promises that production
of the troubled Model 3 electric car was on track.
Tesla announced plans to offer another 2.7 million
shares and said CEO Elon
Musk will buy another $ 100 million worth
of Tesla stock.
Shares of the company, which is backed by Tesla founder Elon
Musk, were up 6.6 % at $ 17.89 in afternoon trading on Monday.
Musk is expected to talk a little bit more about how the company plans to finance several
of the projects he outlined in his master plan, which includes solar - powered roofs, self - driving trucks and minibuses and a
shared network
of self - driving cars.
«Total CEO realized compensation» for a given year is defined as (i) Mr.
Musk's salary, cash bonuses, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation as reported in «Executive Compensation — Summary Compensation Table» below, plus (ii) with respect to any stock option exercised by Mr.
Musk in such year in connection with which
shares of stock were also sold other than to satisfy the resulting tax liability, if any, the difference between the market price
of Tesla common stock at the time
of exercise on the exercise date and the exercise price
of the option, plus (iii) with respect to any restricted stock unit vested by Mr.
Musk in such year in connection with which
shares of stock were also sold other than automatic sales to satisfy the Company's withholding obligations related to the vesting
of such restricted stock unit, if any, the market price
of Tesla common stock at the time
of vesting, plus (iv) any cash actually received by Mr.
Musk in respect
of any
shares sold to cover tax liabilities as described in (ii) and (iii) above, following the payment
of such amounts.
If you are a stockholder
of record and you sign your proxy card or vote by telephone or over the Internet but do not give instructions with respect to the voting
of directors, your
shares will be voted FOR the re-election
of Messrs. Gracias, Murdoch and
Musk.
In August 2012, to create incentives for continued long - term success from the then - recently launched Model S program as well as from Tesla's then - planned Model X and Model 3 programs, and to further align executive compensation with increases in stockholder value, the Board granted to Mr.
Musk a stock option award to purchase 5,274,901
shares of Tesla's common stock (the «2012 CEO Performance Award»), representing 5 %
of Tesla's total issued and outstanding
shares at the time
of grant.
Such amount is required to be reported even if Mr.
Musk does not actually receive any cash from such exercise or vesting, either because he does not also sell any
shares or because he sells only a number
of shares sufficient to cover the related tax liabilities resulting from the exercise or vesting.
Tesla
shares were in freefall on Thursday, down more than 7 % in mid-morning trading, extending the losses that began on the heels
of an alarmingly high cash burn in the first quarter that was exacerbated by Elon
Musk's out -
of - touch remarks.
Musk has dubbed the release
of the new categories
of vehicles and car -
sharing platform a «secret» master plan.
Elon
Musk has
shared yet another photo
of SpaceX's spacesuit, this time showing the full - body design.
«I think we're really well - positioned,»
Musk said, for having «ultimately millions
of shared, autonomous electric vehicles.»
Elon
Musk only noted very briefly that there had been «progress» on the matter
of the immigration order made during his meeting with Donald Trump's economics advisory council on Friday, but on Saturday the Tesla CEO
shared a bit more about what happened at the event.
While
Musk laid out both the ideas and the goals
of the notional project, he failed to
share any concrete framework, let alone an in - depth study looking into its feasibility.
On the call,
Musk described a world in which people
share their cars, offering them as either a Lyft, an Uber or something like a Lyft / Uber - Airbnb combo «where you can own your car and have 100 percent usage
of your car,»
Musk said, and specify that it's available to anyone who wants to use it while you're not using it.
Now, no one believes that,» Ben Kallo, an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co. with a buy rating on Tesla
shares, said
of Musk on Bloomberg Television.
The bulk
of the session, in which
Musk shared the stage with Y Combinator head Sam Altman, was far - ranging and bizarre, twisting from nuclear fusion versus fission to Mars colonization.
Musk took to Twitter in the predawn hours
of Thursday morning to
share an Instagram photo
of a â $ Campfire on the Gigafactory roofâ $.
Shares in the company were once again sliding on Monday after the company's C.E.O., Elon
Musk, joked on April 1 that Tesla had gone bankrupt, an apparent attempt to make light
of concerns that the electric car maker is straining under its debt load.
In recognition
of these achievements and to create incentives for future success, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board
of Directors approved a grant to Mr.
Musk of 10,067,960 options to purchase
shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of $ 2.21 per
share representing 4 %
of our fully - diluted
share base as
of December 4, 2009, with 1 / 4th
of the
shares subject to the option vesting immediately, and 1 / 48th
of the
shares subject to the option scheduled to vest each month thereafter over the next three years, assuming Mr.
Musk's continued service to us through each vesting date.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) earnings will also be in focus after Chief Executive Elon
Musk on Wednesday cut off analysts asking about profit potential in the company's first - quarter's earnings call, sending
shares down 4 % in after - hours trading, despite promises that production
of the troubled Model 3 electric car was on track.
The owner
of 12 Tesla
shares wrote this would minimize conflicts and brought up the acquisition
of SolarCity Corp., a deal that was criticized in part because
of Musk's links to the money - losing panel installer.
Shares of Tesla fell on Thursday after CEO Elon
Musk delivered a bizarre earnings conference call.
Why investors should look past the Tesla noise and buy the dip Critical information for the U.S. trading dayOur call
of the day says you may not like Elon
Musk's abrasive ways, but you should stick to what the company's doing and buy
shares.
They had come to hear a recruiting rep
share the gospel
of Musk, who, a number
of them told me afterward, is a «visionary» and an «innovator.»
Shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) were trading higher by around 4 percent Monday morning after the company's CEO Elon
Musk Tweeted that he is working on a «top secret Tesla masterplan.»
A millennial whose holdings consist
of 54 $ TSLA
shares plus some crypto dominates the call, while
Musk gives the back
of his hand to analysts, who might have asked about why negative working capital more than doubled to - $ 2.3 B. https://t.co/C7G5Gtr5vA
Regulators worldwide began investigations, brands and surfers (including Playboy, Elon
Musk, and WhatsApp founder Brian Acton) deleted their accounts on the social network, and Facebook's
share price plunged, erasing all
of its gains over the past year in just two weeks.
During that time, Elon
Musk shared a video
of a Tesla Model S being lowered into a would - be electric skate and would - be Hyperloop - capable tunnel.
Tesla CEO Elon
Musk is undoubtedly proud to
share the results
of Motor Trend's seventh annual «World's Greatest Drag Race», namely because a Model S...