#PrivateBusinesses

After igniting a blaze of speculation via Twitter and halting the trading of Tesla stock, CEO Elon Musk made public an internal email sent to employees. In it, he lays out his reasoning for taking the publicly traded automaker private.

While there’s no mention of the secured funding mentioned in his earlier tweets, the desired share price — $420 — remains. And Musk seems quite confident that shareholders will see things his way.

What does a diesel shop in Michigan have in common with a Washingtonian florist and a Hoosier pizza hut? An owner who refuses to serve openly gay customers.