Former aide says Elon Musk had handshake deal for Tesla buyout

“Yasir was, like, ‘Don’t worry about it, we’ve got a lot of money,‘” Teller said.

As he watched the two men happily conclude their meeting, Teller said, “It was my sense they made a handshake deal to proceed” with taking Tesla private.

A week later, Musk tweeted he had the money for the buyout shortly after being alerted that the Financial Times was about to publish a story disclosing the Saudi fund had built a 5 per cent stake in Tesla — a stake that he knew…

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