Tesla Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Tesla's CEO is Elon Musk, appointed in Oct 2008, has a tenure of 16.08 years. directly owns 12.81% of the company’s shares, worth $144.92B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 8.4 years and 8.8 years respectively.

Key information

Elon Musk

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure16.1yrs
CEO ownership12.8%
Management average tenure8.4yrs
Board average tenure8.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Elon Musk's remuneration changed compared to Tesla's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$13b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$12b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$14b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

US$15b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$11b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$12b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$12b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

US$13b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$11b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$10b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$8b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

US$6b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$3b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$2b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

US$690m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$525m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$368m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$144m

Dec 31 2019US$24kUS$24k

-US$870m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$835m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$667m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$976m

Dec 31 2018US$2bUS$56k

-US$976m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-US$2b

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$3b

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$2b

Dec 31 2017US$50kUS$50k

-US$2b

Compensation vs Market: Insufficient data to establish whether Elon's total compensation is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in the CL market.

Compensation vs Earnings: Elon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Elon Musk (52 yo)

16.1yrs

Tenure

Mr. Elon R. Musk is Executive Chairman & CTO of Twitter, Inc. from June 2023. Mr. Musk is a Co-Founder of Tesla, Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer since October 2008 and Director since April 2...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Elon Musk
Co-Founder16.1yrsno data12.81%
$ 144.9b
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer1.3yrsUS$278.00k0.0033%
$ 37.0m
Xiaotong Zhu
Senior Vice President of Automotive1.6yrsUS$32.57m0.0021%
$ 23.8m
Travis Axelrod
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Brian Scelfo
Senior Director of Corporate Developmentno datano datano data
Franz von Holzhausen
Chief Designerno datano datano data
John Walker
Vice President of Sales - North America15.3yrsUS$394.28kno data
Peter Bannon
Chip Architectno datano datano data
Turner Caldwell
Engineering Managerno datano datano data
Rodney Westmoreland
Director of Construction Managementno datano datano data
Lars Moravy
Vice President of Vehicle Engineeringno datano datano data
Ashok Elluswamy
Executive Officerno datano datano data

8.4yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: TSLA's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.4 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Elon Musk
Co-Founder20.6yrsno data12.81%
$ 144.9b
Ira Ehrenpreis
Independent Director17.5yrsno data0.018%
$ 201.3m
James Murdoch
Independent Director7.3yrsno data0.013%
$ 143.6m
Robyn Denholm
Independent Chairwoman10.3yrsno data0.0027%
$ 30.0m
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson
Independent Director5.9yrsno data0.00017%
$ 1.9m
Jeffrey Straubel
Independent Director1.5yrsno datano data
Kimbal Musk
Director20.6yrsno data0.049%
$ 551.2m
Joseph Gebbia
Independent Director2.2yrsno data0%
$ 0

8.8yrs

Average Tenure

51.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: TSLA's board of directors are considered experienced (8.8 years average tenure).