Elon Musk's net worth ... Jobs was compensated in stock, receiving 5.5 million shares over the course of his tenure, worth about $2 billion when he stepped down,” Engle says. The answer may surprise you. Billionaire and walking temper tantrum Elon Musk melted down on Twitter ― again ― and in the process, caused his company’s stock to plummet. Elon Musk just declared that he's selling almost all his physical belongings and 'will own no house' and that he thinks Tesla's stock price is 'too high' Aaron Holmes 2020-05-01T15:28:52Z Shares of Tesla dropped Friday after CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the company's shares are priced "too high." Musk has faced problems from the SEC for tweeting about the company's stock … Tesla shares are up 85% so far this year, and that means CEO Elon Musk just qualified for stock options worth more than $700 million. Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently said Friday morning on Twitter that his company's stock price is "too high," and he appeared to criticize government-ordered shutdowns due to the coronavirus. Elon Musk made headlines Friday after he tweeted that Tesla’s share price was too high—a strange for a chief executive to do, panning his own stock… A Bull's Take Up 200% over the past 12 months, has the electric-car maker's stock gotten ahead of itself? Is Elon Musk Right About Tesla Stock Being Overvalued? “Tesla stock price is too high [in my opinion]” the company’s CEO tweeted Friday morning. Tesla’s meteoric stock growth on Monday qualified CEO Elon Musk for a $700 million payday, just three days after he tweeted that the share price was “too high.