TSLA insider buying – Tesla, Inc.
12 insider purchases since 2016 worth $1,107.1M by 6 different insiders. Last 12 months: 0 purchases, $0. Most recent filing: 2025-09-15.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 10 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musk Elon CEO | $1,104.7M 7× · 2,915,413 sh | 2017-03-17 2025-09-12 | 53× · $36,375.7M last 2022-11-08 | 1,140,856,643 shares as of 2026-06-17 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Gebbia Joseph Director | $1.0M 1× · 4,000 sh | 2025-04-24 2025-04-24 | – | 4,111 shares as of 2025-04-28 | Holds - never sold |
| ELLISON LAWRENCE JOSEPH Director | $958,750 1× · 1,250 sh | 2020-02-14 2020-02-14 | – | 3,001,250 shares as of 2020-02-19 | Holds - never sold |
| DENHOLM ROBYN M Director | $232,720 1× · 1,000 sh | 2019-07-29 2019-07-29 | 24× · $594.6M last 2025-05-06 | 88,940 shares as of 2025-05-08 | Sold part |
| Wilson-Thompson Kathleen Director | $79,816 1× · 360 sh | 2019-08-14 2019-08-14 | 14× · $208.2M last 2026-04-30 | 68,734 shares as of 2026-05-04 | Sold part |
| Gracias Antonio J. Director | $41,488 1× · 105 sh | 2020-08-18 2020-08-18 | 12× · $298.4M last 2021-02-09 | 1,306,900 shares as of 2021-04-05 | Sold part |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | – | – | 8 | $60.9M |
| 2025 | 2 | $1,001.0M | 2 | 27 | $549.6M |
| 2024 | 0 | – | – | 20 | $242.3M |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 39 | $65.7M |
| 2022 | 0 | – | – | 58 | $19,540.5M |
| 2021 | 1 | $41,488 | 1 | 94 | $17,146.2M |
| 2020 | 2 | $11.0M | 2 | 52 | $356.1M |
| 2019 | 3 | $25.3M | 3 | 30 | $113.1M |
| 2018 | 3 | $44.8M | 1 | 18 | $19.5M |
| 2017 | 1 | $25.0M | 1 | 27 | $72.8M |
| 2016 | 0 | – | – | 10 | $608.4M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | Musk Elon | CEO | 2,568,732 | $389.28 | $1,000.0M | +0.6% | SEC |
| 2025-04-28 | Gebbia Joseph | Director | 4,000 | $256.31 | $1.0M | +3603.6% | SEC |
| 2021-04-05 | Gracias Antonio J. | Director | 105 | $395.13 | $41,488 | +0.0% | SEC |
| 2020-02-19 | Musk Elon | CEO | 13,037 | $767.00 | $10.0M | +0.0% | SEC |
| 2020-02-19 | ELLISON LAWRENCE JOSEPH | Director | 1,250 | $767.00 | $958,750 | +0.0% | SEC |
| 2019-08-16 | Wilson-Thompson Kathleen | Director | 360 | $221.71 | $79,816 | SEC | |
| 2019-07-31 | DENHOLM ROBYN M | Director | 1,000 | $232.72 | $232,720 | SEC | |
| 2019-05-06 | Musk Elon | CEO | 102,880 | $243.00 | $25.0M | +0.3% | SEC |
| 2018-10-30 | Musk Elon | CEO | 29,844 | $334.99 | $10.0M | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2018-06-13 | Musk Elon | CEO | 72,500 | $343.78 | $24.9M | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2018-05-07 | Musk Elon | CEO | 33,000 | $298.50 | $9.9M | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2017-03-21 | Musk Elon | CEO | 95,420 | $262.00 | $25.0M | +0.3% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 2,606 | $360.13 | $938,409 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-06-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 2,606 | $402.20 | $1.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-15 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 3,000 | $450.00 | $1.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-04 | Wilson-Thompson Kathleen | Director | 26,409 | $378.11 | $10.0M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-04-01 | Wilson-Thompson Kathleen | Director | 25,809 | $359.33 | $9.3M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 2,264 | $397.03 | $899,074 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-27 | Wilson-Thompson Kathleen | Director | 25,731 | $415.56 | $10.7M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-01-06 | MURDOCH JAMES R | Director | 60,000 | $445.40 | $26.7M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2025-12-11 | Musk Kimbal | Director | 56,820 | $450.66 | $25.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 2,637 | $443.93 | $1.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-17 | MURDOCH JAMES R | Director | 60,000 | $422.68 | $25.4M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2025-09-12 | Zhu Xiaotong | Officer | 20,000 | $363.76 | $7.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 2,606 | $352.38 | $918,126 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-08-28 | MURDOCH JAMES R | Director | 120,000 | $350.29 | $42.0M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2025-07-09 | Taneja Vaibhav | CFO | 6,000 | $295.26 | $1.8M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 383 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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