{"id":297501,"date":"2025-03-13T01:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=297501"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:11:45","slug":"james-murdoch-sells-13-million-in-tesla-stock-amid-major-price-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/james-murdoch-sells-13-million-in-tesla-stock-amid-major-price-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"James Murdoch Sells $13 Million in Tesla Stock Amid Major Price Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Murdoch, a board member of Tesla and a close associate of CEO Elon Musk, recently<strong> sold approximately $13 million in Tesla stock (TSLA) <\/strong>amid a significant drop in the company\u2019s stock price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This sale came as shares plummeted by 15%<\/strong>, further exacerbating concerns, as Tesla\u2019s stock has now fallen over 50% from its all-time high just months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murdoch\u2019s transaction adds to a growing list of insider sales at Tesla, raising questions about the company&#8217;s financial health and governance practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla (TSLA) insider trading: Elon&#39;s friend James Murdoch just unloaded $13 million <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I09nyfAkI5\">https:\/\/t.co\/I09nyfAkI5<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredericLambert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fredericlambert<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Electrek.co (@ElectrekCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectrekCo\/status\/1899200524555051099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This wave of selling among Tesla insiders has sparked concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, other insiders, including Kimball Musk\u2014Elon\u2019s brother\u2014and Tesla\u2019s Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja, have also made sizeable stock sales ahead of the recent downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-president-of-tesla-sells-company-shares-worth-100-million-dollars-while-musk-destroys-the-brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm sold off $33 million in Tesla shares last week\">Tesla chairwoman Robyn Denholm sold off $33 million in Tesla shares last week<\/a> <strong>and has reportedly unloaded over $100 million worth in the last three months.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This wave of selling among Tesla insiders has sparked concerns regarding transparency within the company&#8217;s boardroom. While public companies are required to disclose insider trading activities, the rules apply primarily to board directors and listed top executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stocks Drop on Economic Concerns; Trump Deflects Question on Recession | Bloomberg Brief 03\/10\/2025\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TtQb8owBFEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla discloses only three individuals\u2014Elon Musk, Vaibhav Taneja, and Tom Zhu\u2014leaving ambiguity about potential sales by other senior executives, some of whom play visible roles in the company. For instance, Lars Moravy, a prominent figure during earnings calls, is not even listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This pattern of selling raises eyebrows and highlights ongoing issues with Tesla&#8217;s corporate governance, which some analysts deem as among the weakest in the sector. With insiders notably offloading shares instead of buying, <strong>the sentiment around the firm&#8217;s leadership and future prospects continues to grow increasingly skeptical.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Murdoch, a board member of Tesla and a close associate of CEO Elon Musk, recently sold approximately $13 million in Tesla stock (TSLA) amid a significant drop in the company\u2019s stock price. This sale came as shares plummeted by 15%, further exacerbating concerns, as Tesla\u2019s stock has now fallen over 50% from its all-time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/james-murdoch-sells-13-million-in-tesla-stock-amid-major-price-drop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;James Murdoch Sells $13 Million in Tesla Stock Amid Major Price Drop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":297502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[8319,1471],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6849],"class_list":["post-297501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ev","tag-tesla","content-category-lifestyle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308955,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297501\/revisions\/308955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297501"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=297501"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=297501"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=297501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}