As of early 2025, Elon Musk owns approximately 12.8% of Tesla's outstanding shares directly, holding about 410 million shares

. However, when including stock options exercisable within 60 days, his total stake rises to around 20.5%, which is valued at over $120 billion

. This 20.5% figure reflects both his common stock and options, and is slightly below the roughly 22% stake he held before selling shares to fund his acquisition of Twitter (now X)

. Musk has publicly expressed a desire to increase his stake to about 25% to gain more influence over Tesla, particularly to support projects in AI and robotics under the Tesla brand