In everyone's view, these billionaires are very investment-minded, but this does not mean that there will be no mistakes in their investment careers.
Ma Huateng is a good example, when investing in Tesla, there was a mistake, losing 300 billion yuan out of thin air. What's going on?
01 Ma Huateng invested in Tesla
In recent years, the popularity of new energy vehicles has become higher and higher, not only many domestic companies have begun to transform into the manufacture of new energy vehicles, but even some businessmen have begun to invest in the new energy automobile industry.
Ma Huateng is a very investment-minded person, compared to some domestic companies that personally built cars, Ma Huateng did not take Tencent into the unfamiliar field of new energy vehicles, but used the operation of capital to invest in related enterprises.
Seeing the state's strong subsidies for new energy, Ma Huateng also hopes to get a share of the dividends from this time, so Ma Huateng has invested in two major enterprises, one is Azera and the other is Tesla.
According to the data at the time, Ma Huateng took out a total of 1.8 billion US dollars to take a 5% stake in Tesla.
We all know that the fastest growing new energy vehicle company in recent years is Tesla. Since the completion of Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory in 2019, Tesla has opened a high-speed era in both manufacturing and sales.
According to the previously released data, Tesla's car production reached 509,700 units in 2020, and in this case, the number of completed deliveries reached 499,500 units.
You know, this data increased by nearly 25% over the previous year, which is still a result of the epidemic.
By 2021, Tesla's production has directly doubled, reaching 930,000 vehicles, an increase of more than 89% in deliveries.
I believe that from this set of data, we can see how Tesla is developing.
02 Ma Huateng sold Tesla and lost 300 billion yuan out of thin air
With the rapid development of Tesla, Musk also successfully ascended to the position of the world's richest man in 2021, and has occupied this position for a long time, opening a certain gap with Bezos in second place.
So, according to this development trend, how much return will Ma Huateng's investment get in the first place?
If we take the market value of Tesla in October 2021, when Tesla's market value has reached about 1 trillion US dollars, according to the 5% equity ratio, part of the value of Ma Huateng's hands has reached 50 billion US dollars, compared with the original value has increased by about 27 times, the growth part is about 300 billion yuan.
But in fact, Ma Huateng did not reap such a high return, which is because, before Tesla's market value rose sharply, Ma Huateng sold off the shares in his hands, which also led to Ma Huateng and 300 billion yuan of revenue passing.
03 Tesla is still in the growth phase
From the current point of view, Tesla still has a lot of growth potential, in the case of domestic companies have entered the game, the competition in the field of new energy vehicles is becoming more and more fierce, but Tesla's performance is still growing.
Even in 2021, when Tesla is constantly problematic, there have been a large number of vehicle accidents at the same time at home and abroad, and many people have suffered property or health losses due to brake failure.
To this end, Tesla has also recalled the problem vehicle many times, but even so, it still has not hit consumers' enthusiasm for purchase.
In fact, this is inseparable from Tesla's marketing methods, Tesla's pricing in the field of new energy vehicles is very high, in this case, more consumers will buy such a car as an honor.
After Tesla's problems, sales have indeed been greatly affected, but Tesla quickly took measures to reduce prices, and the sensitivity of 10,000 or 20,000 people may not be very high, but Tesla's price reduction can even be as high as 100,000.
This has made some domestic consumers itchy, in this case, Tesla's sales have further ushered in a rise.
With the growth of domestic new energy vehicle brands, there are also many models that have been welcomed, but at present, they still cannot compete directly with Tesla, and everyone thinks that in the future, which domestic brand will take the lead in surpassing Tesla?