Tesla's Elon Musk says he is 'thinking of quitting' his jobs
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[December 11, 2021] (Reuters)
- Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon
Musk is "thinking of" leaving his jobs and becoming an influencer, the
world's richest man tweeted on Thursday.
"Thinking of quitting my jobs & becoming an influencer full-time wdyt,"
Musk said in the tweet, without elaborating.
It was not immediately clear if Musk, a prolific user of the social
media platform, was being serious about quitting his roles.
Musk, who is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, and
leads brain-chip startup Neuralink and infrastructure firm The Boring
Company, said during a conference call in January that he expects to be
the CEO of Tesla for "several years."
"It would be nice to have a bit more free time on my hands as opposed to
just working day and night, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep 7
days a week. Pretty intense."
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Last month, he asked his followers on Twitter whether he should sell 10%
of his stake in the electric-car maker, to which the majority agreed. He
has sold shares worth nearly $12 billion since.
The billionaire is known for his Twitter banter and lively interactions
with followers which have in the past raised regulatory and corporate
governance questions, lawyers have said.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of
Tesla's Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13,
2021. Patrick Pleul/Pool via Reuters
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Musk was fined $20 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for
tweets in 2018 and was required to step down as chairman.
Howard Fischer, a partner at law firm Moses & Singer, said he doubted Musk's
latest tweets violated any rules because they were too vague.
He added: "I think that Musk’s social media comments are subject to a
substantial discount, as it were, by the market, as compared to other
executives."
(Reporting by Sonia Cheema in Bengaluru and Katanga Johnson in Washington DC;
additional reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila, Michelle Price
and Nick Zieminski)
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