Leadership




List of chief executive officers

  1. Martin Eberhard (2004–2007)
  2. Ze'ev Drori (2007–2008)
  3. Elon Musk (2008–present)

Board of directors

In an April 2017 public letter, an investor group asked Tesla to add two new independent directors to its board "who do not have any ties with chief executive Elon Musk". The investors wrote that "five of six current non-executive directors have professional or personal ties to Mr. Musk that could put at risk their ability to exercise independent judgement." (Tesla's directors at the time included Brad Buss, who served as chief financial officer at SolarCity; Steve Jurvetson, a venture capitalist who also sits on the board of SpaceX; Mr Musk's brother, Kimbal; and Ira Ehrenpreis and Antonio Gracias, both of whom also invested in SpaceX.) The letter called for a more independent board that could put a check on groupthink. At first Musk responded on Twitter, writing that the investors "should buy Ford stock" because "their governance is amazing." Two days later, he promised he would add two independent board members.

As of October 2020update, the Tesla board of directors consists of:

Joined Name Titles Independent Notes
2014 Robyn Denholm Full-time Chairwoman of Tesla, Inc.; former CFO and Head of Strategy of Telstra Yes As of March 2020, Denholm is the only Board member with automotive experience besides Musk. (Denholm served in finance and corporate reporting roles at Toyota Motor Corporation Australia from 1989–1996.)
2004 Elon Musk Co-founder, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla; founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX; former Chairman of Tesla, Inc.; former Chairman of SolarCity No
2004 Kimbal Musk Co-founder of The Kitchen No
2007 Ira Ehrenpreis General Partner at Technology Partners Disputed
2007 Antonio J. Gracias CEO and Chairman of the Investment Committee at Valor Equity Partners Disputed Has agreed not to stand for re-election when his term expires on June 11, 2021.
2017 James Murdoch Former CEO of 21st Century Fox Yes
2018 Larry Ellison Co-founder, Chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation Yes
2018 Kathleen Wilson-Thompson Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Yes
2020 Hiromichi Mizuno Former executive managing director and chief investment officer of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund Yes

Previous members include: venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson; businessman Steve Westly; former CFO of SolarCity Brad W. Buss; CEO and Chairman of Johnson Publishing Company Linda Johnson Rice; and Daimler executive Herbert Kohler.

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