馬斯克賣掉10%特斯拉股票

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has sold around $5 billion in shares in the electric carmaker.

特斯拉總裁埃隆•馬斯克已賣出他在特斯拉電動汽車公司價值約50億美元(約合人民幣320億元)的股票。

It comes days after he asked his 63 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his stake in Tesla.

數(shù)日前他曾向6300萬推特粉絲發(fā)問，是否應(yīng)該賣掉他在特斯拉10%的股票。

The poll attracted more than 3.5 million votes, with nearly 58% voting in favor of the share sale.

這次投票吸引了逾350萬人參加，近58%投票支持馬斯克賣掉股票。

His move also comes as US Democrats have proposed a so-called "billionaires tax", which could have the richest taxed on "unrealized gains" even if they do not sell any of their stock.

此前，美國民主黨提出了所謂的"億萬富翁所得稅"，要求對富豪的"未實現(xiàn)收益"征稅，即使他們沒有賣掉任何股票，也要征稅。

It was Musk's first sale of shares since 2016, when he last exercised stock options.

這是馬斯克自2016年(上一次行使股票期權(quán)之時)以來第一次出售股票。

At the time he also sold some of the shares to cover an income tax bill of close to $600 million.

當(dāng)時他為了繳納近6億美元的所得稅款賣掉了一部分股票。

Tesla is the world's most valuable carmaker, with a stock market valuation of more than $1 trillion.

特斯拉是全世界最有價值的汽車制造商，市場估值超過1萬億美元。