Those of you who received the first edition of this post may have noted a rather significant numeric mistake on my part. In the section "How did Musk become Tesla's largest shareholder", I misstated Musk's ownership position as of January 2024. At that date, Musk owned a bit over 400mm shares (not 700mm), giving him a 13% or so direct ownership stake (not 20%). I have now corrected this. Apologies for any confusion caused.
Those of you who received the first edition of this post may have noted a rather significant numeric mistake on my part. In the section "How did Musk become Tesla's largest shareholder", I misstated Musk's ownership position as of January 2024. At that date, Musk owned a bit over 400mm shares (not 700mm), giving him a 13% or so direct ownership stake (not 20%). I have now corrected this. Apologies for any confusion caused.