Elon Musk Just Dropped $1B on TSLA - You Still Think You Can Short This?

I’ve been holding Tesla for years, and every time people line up to short it, Musk pulls something like this. The man is literally signaling, with his own money, that he’s still betting on Tesla’s future. And honestly, when the CEO is that committed, I don’t care how loud the bears are - I’m staying long.

Why This Buy Matters

This isn’t just some random “show of confidence” purchase. Musk doesn’t play small ball. Here’s the context:

• Earlier this month Tesla proposed a monster new pay package for Musk. If approved, it would hand him up to 12% of the company in stock grants - but only if Tesla hits insane growth milestones over the next decade.
• The targets? A potential $2 trillion market cap just to unlock the first tranche, and eventually $8.5 trillion if all goals are met. For context, that’s double Nvidia’s current valuation, which is already the most valuable company on earth.
• If Musk delivers, he becomes the world’s first trillionaire CEO - not in cash, but in Tesla shares.

So yeah, you think he’s gonna let TSLA drift? No chance. A $1B personal buy is Musk telling the market he’s all in, not just on the pay package, but on the trajectory to those wild targets.

My Take as a Shareholder

As someone who’s held through the noise - the skeptics, the production hell, the “Tesla is doomed” headlines - I see this as one of those watershed signals. Every time shorts pile in, Musk finds a way to crush them.

People forget: betting against Musk is betting against someone who literally:

• Landed rockets and made them reusable.
• Took EVs from fringe toys to mainstream dominance.
• Built one of the world’s largest AI training clusters under Tesla’s roof.

Now he’s putting $1B of his own money on the line. That’s not PR, that’s skin in the game.

I like this tweet:

Bottom Line

Nobody can say with certainty whether Tesla will hit $2T, $5T, or $8.5T. But the CEO buying $1B of stock right before a shareholder vote on the most aggressive pay package in corporate history? That’s not noise - that’s conviction.

I’ll put it this way: you don’t go against Musk. Shorts may have their day here and there, but long term? I’m holding, adding, and riding with the guy who just made himself even more leveraged to Tesla’s future.