Musk Says Tweet That Cost Him $20 Million Was ‘Worth It’

  • Tweet series culminates in Musk ‘signing off’ for a few days
  • SEC settlement required Tesla have controls on Musk’s comments
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Tesla Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he was signing off Twitter for a few days, shortly after tweeting that the $20 million penalty he was given for announcing on Twitter that he had funding to take the electric vehicle maker private was “worth it.”

His sign-off culminated a series of tweets that included an announcement about the release of autopilot driveBloomberg Terminal on navigation.