If You Invested $1,000 In Tesla Stock The First Time Elon Musk Was On The Joe Rogan Podcast, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now

The two-year gap between Musk’s 2021 and 2023 appearances led to public demand for the billionaire to appear on the podcast, given the huge number of events that had happened since their last meeting.

In the two-plus years since Musk’s 2021 appearance, Tesla has become the maker of one of the top-selling vehicles worldwide, Musk acquired social media platform X, a biography was released about him, and he had more children. A cage fight was proposed between Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, and Rogan would likely relish the opportunity to discuss it, considering his connections to the UFC and mixed martial arts.

Even without appearing on the podcast for two years, Rogan has talked about Musk on several occasions. In an April interview with comedian Jim Breuer, Rogan praised the Cybertruck.

“Let me tell you something, that is the coolest vehicle I’ve ever seen in person in my life,” Rogan said. “It looks like it’s 100 years in the future, it’s the coolest car I’ve ever seen.”

Rogan also criticized billionaire Bill Gates, who has a short bet against Tesla stock.

“I think it’s disrespectful for Bill Gates to short Tesla’s position. It’s not a wise move because that company is going to kill it. Bill Gates is making a terrible choice.”

Investing $1,000 in Tesla Stock: Investors who took a position in Tesla when Musk first appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience made a good choice.

A $1,000 investment in Tesla shares at their intraday high on Sept. 7, 2018 could have bought 55.90 shares based on a split adjusted price of $17.89. The $1,000 investment would be worth $14,092.39 today, based on a price of $252.10 for Tesla at the time of writing.

This represents a hypothetical return of 1,309.2% over the last six years.

For comparison the same $1,000 invested in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) would be worth $1,986.77 today, representing a return of 98.7%.

Taking it a bit further, an investor would have generated a return of 424.9% if they invested $1,000 in Tesla stock each time Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast, represented below.

• 2018: 55.90 shares, $14,092.39 today, +1,309.2%

• 2020: 18.84 shares, $4,749.56 today, +375.0%

• 2021: 3.61 shares, $910.08 today, -9.0%

• 2023: 4.93 shares, $1,242.85 today, +24.3%

• Total: $4,000 invested, worth $20,994.88 today, +424.9%

For comparison, the same $1,000 invested in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust for each appearance below.

• 2018: 3.46 shares, $1,986.77 today, +98.7%

• 2020: 3.45 shares, $1,981.02 today, +98.1%

• 2021: 2.55 shares, $1,464.24 today, +46.4%

• 2023: 2.39 shares, $1,372.36 today, +37.2%

• Total: $4,000 invested, worth $6,804.39 today, +70.1%

As you can see above, buying Tesla shares when Musk appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast turned out to be a good investment.

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This article was previously published by Benzinga and has been updated.

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