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Benzinga
Benzinga
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk secured a $1 billion loan from his own company, SpaceX, around the time he was acquiring the social media company X (formerly known as Twitter,) The Wall Street Journal reported., Backed by Musk’s SpaceX stocks, the loan was approved and drawn down completely in October. However, the exact reasoning behind this debt acquisition remains unclear. Musk promptly repaid the loan, returning $1 billion plus interest to SpaceX in November. Both Musk and SpaceX have not responded to requests for comments on this transaction. This is not the first time Musk has leve…