... or he desperately needs employees not to sell in case it triggers a stampede ...
On the other hand - Wall Street, in aggregate, held around 56.62% of the total Tesla float (float comprises of shares available for trading, i.e. discounting closely held insider holdings, and restricted stock)
And Wall Street generally focuses on results... That's where the stampede has been coming from, and probably will be where it continues once the next quarterly numbers get released, what with the implosion of international demand and competitive marketplace continuing to eat away at Tesla's market share. Tesla even now still trades at a 122 P/E ratio. GE is at 33, Ford is at 6. Gravity will do the rest.