Elon Musk only sold Tesla stock because it was ‘desperately needed’ for the Twitter deal – and says he doesn’t know his net worth

• Elon Musk said he only sold Tesla stock because it was “desperately needed” for the Twitter deal. 
• The billionaire owner told the BBC that he sold Tesla stock even though he didn’t want to.
• When directly asked how much he is worth, Musk replied: “I don’t know.” 

Elon Musk said he sold Tesla stock only because it was “desperately needed” to complete his Twitter deal – and claimed that he doesn’t know his net worth, in an impromptu interview with the BBC late Tuesday night.

“I sold a lot of Tesla stock to close this deal. I did not want to sell the Tesla stock,” Musk told BBC correspondent James Clayton at Twitter’s headquarters.