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How James Murdoch made more than $27 million on Tesla's stock - on paper

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(Murdoch's father is media mogul and <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWSA\">News Corp</a> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWS.AU\">$(NWS.AU)$</a> founder Rupert Murdoch. MarketWatch is owned by Dow Jones, which is a subsidiary of <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWSAL\">News Corp</a>.) \n</p>\n<p>\n     The disclosure explained that the option award was granted as part of Tesla's equity-incentive plan and outside-director compensation policy. \n</p>\n<p>\n     Tesla's stock ran up 2.9% in morning trading, trading around $319.65. \n</p>\n<p>\n     If Murdoch were to sell the shares he just acquired, it would bring in about $28.77 million, or about $27.2 million more than the cost of the shares. \n</p>\n<p>\n     As of Tuesday, Murdoch had not filed to sell any of the shares he just acquired. \n</p>\n<p>\n     In Tesla's latest disclosed proxy statement, from April 2024, Murdoch had options for 1.27 million shares outstanding as of Dec. 31, 2023. \n</p>\n<p>\n     Monday's disclosure showed that Murdoch directly owned 90,000 shares after the exercise of options and indirectly owned a total of 884,306 shares through JRM Rev. 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