Elon Musk, the founder of the electric car company Tesla, recently asked people on Twitter if he should sell billions of dollars in company stock.Musk is one of the world's richest people, so the request was unusual.He asked his millions of Twitter followers whether he should sell 10 percent of his stock in the company.That amount might be worth $20 billion or more.As of last summer, Musk owned about 170 million shares of Tesla.On Saturday, Musk placed a poll on Twitter, asking if he should sell the stock.About 3.5 million people voted, and nearly 58 percent said he should."I was prepared to accept either outcome," Musk said.On Monday, the shares of Tesla stock dropped a small amount.David Madden is a stock market expert in London.He said he did not believe the "dip" would last long."Tesla has had such a phenomenal record of bouncing back from these sort of selloffs," he said.Musk said he understands people are concerned that very rich people avoid paying taxes.
