"For those who wonder, I will pay over $ 11 billion in taxes this year."
Elon Musk made it known with a tweet.
The CEO of Tesla, who is not new to these externalities on social networks, has returned to talk about tax rates. Issue on which in the past he had clashed with the Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, supporter of the tightening of the tax burden on the richest.
The American-naturalized South African businessman argues that this is a totally useless measure, while he is absolutely in favor of containing public spending.
Musk is expected to pay over 10 billion in taxes this year (more than any other taxpayer in US history) if he decides to exercise all of his expiring options.
Following a survey of Twitter users , the billionaire exercised nearly 15 million options and sold millions of shares in the electric car company in November to cover taxes related to these operations.
Musk was named “ Person of the Year ” by “Time”: “The richest man in the world doesn't own a house and recently sold his fortune. Launch satellites into orbit and exploit the sun; drives a car he created that uses no gasoline and barely needs a driver. With a touch of his finger, the stock market flies or passes out. Dream about Mars riding the Earth, ”writes the magazine.
"Few other people have influenced life on Earth more than him, and potentially even life beyond Earth", reads one of the reasons for the choice.
(Unioneonline / F)
