I know it's a big big fat ginormous juicy rumor, but if Whats App sold for $16B, how much do you think Apple would pay for Tesla? Or Tesla theoretically get from let says, Google? Personally, I think the value-add is greater than Whats App for Facebook.<p>So....
- What's your valuation of Tesla?
- What's the value proposition for a giant tech company: New Market? New Product? Product infrastructure? Leadership and Innovation?<p>Chime in with your opinions. I'm very curious to see what your thoughts are.
1. Tesla's market cap is $23.74B, on a public market. A premium over that would be needed, but it's worth noting it's not a <i>ex nihilo</i> VC valuation.<p>2. I know everyone is having fun dreaming about Apple buying Tesla, but I really don't see any sane reason why it would actually happen.<p>3. Why would anyone buy Tesla? Why do we want Tesla to be bought by someone? Worth noting that success stories of uninnovative large companies buying smaller innovative ones to reinvigorate themselves doesn't work very often.
Whatsapp was sold for $16B but only $4B in cash, I'm not sure the $12B in shares of Facebook is real money.<p>I think Tesla is worth $24B or more. It's not about what they have already achieved but the vision and the long way to go.