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Tesla Inc. is a California-based company that builds electric cars, batteries and powertrains. It was founded in 2003 and initially financed by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Elon Musk became its chairman a year later and, in 2008, its CEO. The company produces the Model S, Model X and Model Y. It has stores in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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15 Sep, 2025

Musk Buys $1 Billion Tesla shares

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Musk purchases $1 billion worth of Tesla shares, marking his first open-market buy since 2020. This acquisition involves 2.6 million shares, increasing his stake beyond 13%. The move boosts Tesla’s stock price by nearly 10%, closing at $410.26.

23 Mar, 2023

ARK sells $27m Tesla stock, buys Coinbase

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ARK Investment Management’s Cathy Wood sells off $26.84 million of Tesla (TSLA) stock, at a closing price of $192.22, buying shares of Coinbase (COIN) instead. For a total of 139,642 TSLA shares, Wood’s firm sold 119,630 from its ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) and 20,012 from the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW).

8 Mar, 2023

ARK buys more Tesla stock

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ARK  buys 69,356 Tesla shares, adding to the 1.3 million shares the firm purchased in December and January. This latest purchase adds about $12.6 million to ARK’s holdings in the electric vehicle company, based on the stock’s (TSLA) current market value.