Ronald Baron: 'Will Make Between 10 And 20 Times Our Money In Tesla In The Next 10 Years'

Many investors and analysts have questions the rapid rise in Tesla Motors Inc TSLA’s valuation in the last 2.5 years arguing that a company which has so much debt on its balance sheet and is still years away from being profitable shouldn’t trade at such high valuations.

However famous long-term investor and founder of Baron Capital, Ronald Stephen Baron, thinks that the company has a lot of potential and its stock can increase manifold in the next 10 years.

Baron was on CNBC Wednesday to explain why he is so heavily bullish on Tesla.

Huge Oppurtunity

“I love Tesla, I think we are going to make between 10 and 20 times our money in the next 10 years,” Baron began. “Tesla is a huge, huge opportunity.”

$120 Billion In 4-5 Years

On Tesla’s growth prospects and valuations, Baron said, “This year they are going to do 50,000 cars, last year 32(000), the year before 22(000), the year before 2,000. They think, they are going to do half a million cars a year in 2020 and, I think, they will do it a little bit faster. But the idea is, in 2020, they are doing $5.5 billion this year, by the end of the year they will be doing $10 billion.”

“And by the end of this year $10 billion rate, next year it will be $12-13 billion. In 2020 they are going to be doing $35-40 billion, making $6 billion or $7 billion in profits. The company is now valued for $30 billion. So, I think that it’s going to be valued for $120 billion in 4-5 years and in 10 years you have another [triple] behind that,” Baron concluded.