More than 3.5 million users of the social network have taken part in survey, with 57% proposing that they actually sell a tenth of their shareholding.

The well-known businessman Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, has proposed to Twitter users to decide his management of 10% of the company’s shares with a survey that closed this Sunday and in which the winning result has been that he sells them.

Musk opened the vote with a comment: “There is a lot of talk lately that unrealized gains are a way to evade taxes, so I propose to sell 10% of my Tesla stock. Did you expect this? Answer yes or no”.

More than 3.5 million users of the social network have taken part in it, with 57% proposing that it effectively sell a tenth of its shareholding and the rest against it, after ensuring that it would comply with the results “whatever they are”.

He also explained that he does not receive a cash salary or bonus from anywhere: “I only have shares, therefore my only way to pay taxes personally is to sell shares,” he said.

Musk, classified as the richest man in the world with a net worth of about $338,000 million, has been in the spotlight in recent months due to the debate in the United States Congress about a possible tax on the country’s greatest wealth. .

According to CNN, Musk has about 170.5 million titles and selling a tenth at a price of $1,222 would mean a profit of around $21,000 million. With a long-term capital gains tax rate of 20%, he would pay about $4.2 billion in taxes.

A few hours after the vote closed, the businessman had not commented on the matter yet.