Following the U.S. election results, Tesla (TSLA, Financial) shares experienced a significant surge. During this period, Tesla's Chair, Robyn Denholm, strategically sold over $35 million worth of stock. According to regulatory filings, Denholm exercised 112,390 stock options set to expire next year and sold them. After accounting for the exercise cost, she netted approximately $32.5 million from the sale.
Tesla has been one of the top-performing stocks since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. The company's CEO, Elon Musk, was a prominent supporter of Trump during the campaign. Since the election on November 5, Tesla's stock price has climbed by 38%, boosting the company's market capitalization by more than $300 billion.