Oracle founder Ellison’s investments in Tesla pay off
By MYBRANDBOOK
When Elon Musk was facing fire from all directions including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Oracle founder Larry Ellison chose to join Tesla’s board in late 2018 amid the escalating crisis. That move has proved to be profitable.
Before becoming an independent director on the electric car maker’s board, Ellison acquired 3 million shares, when Tesla shares were trading at around $337. The recent Tesla rally has seen the stock appreciate by nearly 30% in the first 15 days of this year, which indicates that Ellison’s stake has gone up by over 60%.
The stake which Ellison spent $1 billion to purchase is now worth slightly over $1.6 billion.
Last year in June, the Oracle founder received 50,000 Tesla shares as compensation from the electric car maker. At the time of the stock award the shares were trading at roughly $223. This has resulted in a gain of 140%. This particular stock award has also recorded paper profits of nearly $16 million.
Ellison also received another stock award of 8334 shares in January last year. This raises the tally of the total number of shares he holds in Tesla to 3,058,334. The entire stake is now valued at about $1.65 billion.
The appreciation Oracle has recorded over the same period pales in comparison to that of Tesla. Since December 27th, 2018, when it was reported that Larry Ellison had acquired three million Tesla shares, Oracle has only gone up by 22%.
Oracle’s market cap is currently nearly twice that of Tesla.
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