In a financial twist that almost sounds scripted by Hollywood itself, Morgan Freeman, the legendary actor whose voice could probably sell sand in a desert, has turned a modest Tesla investment into a jaw-dropping 3,000% return. The man behind the lens of cinematic masterpieces like The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby apparently doubles as a stealthy financial wizard. Move over Wall Street, there’s a new bull in town, and his weapon of choice? The soothing intonation of electric cars and rockets.
Let’s rewind to 2016, a simpler time when people still debated whether Tesla would ever become profitable. Freeman, in an interview with CNBC, casually admitted to owning Tesla stock, while showering CEO Elon Musk with praise for “landing a rocket ship so it’s reusable.” While the rest of us were busy buying avocado toast, Freeman was, quite literally, banking on Musk’s moonshots.
Fast forward to today, and Tesla’s stock has skyrocketed (or, rather, SpaceX’d) from $13.50 (split-adjusted) in 2016 to an astronomical $415. For Freeman, whose initial $10,000 investment is now worth more than $300,000, this is proof that even in Hollywood, good scripts aren’t limited to movies. Tesla itself has grown from being the scrappy underdog of the EV industry to a trillion-dollar behemoth boasting $97 billion in 2023 revenue and a sizable $9 billion in operating profits, Elon Musk’s laughter can surely be heard echoing across Mars.
Of course, Freeman’s exact stake in Tesla remains as mysterious as the plot twist in one of his movies, but the numbers don’t lie. The actor’s investment acumen could very well rival his on-screen gravitas. After all, Freeman didn’t just buy into a car company, he bought into a vision. And somewhere, amid the soft hum of electric engines and SpaceX rocket launches, a narration-worthy corner of the universe is tipping its hat to the man with the golden voice and the golden portfolio.
As the world now ponders whether Freeman’s endorsement game will extend to other futuristic ventures, one thing is certain: the Hollywood icon has achieved what every actor dreams of, delivering a performance so epic it could power 1.3 trillion-dollar markets. Cue the applause, Mr. Freeman. Cue the applause.
