Tesla's CEO is Elon Musk, appointed in Oct 2008, has a tenure of 17.67 years. directly owns 29.91% of the company’s shares, worth COP1,467,843.81B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.2 years and 8.9 years respectively.
Key information
Elon Musk
Chief executive officer
US$158.4b
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
n/a
CEO tenure
17.7yrs
CEO ownership
29.9%
Management average tenure
3.2yrs
Board average tenure
8.9yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Elon Musk's remuneration changed compared to Tesla's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2025
US$158b
n/a
US$4b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Dec 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$13b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$13b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$14b
Dec 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$15b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$11b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$12b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$12b
Dec 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$13b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$11b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$10b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$690m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$525m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$368m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$144m
Dec 31 2019
US$24k
US$24k
-US$870m
Compensation vs Market: Elon's total compensation ($USD158.36B) is above average for companies of similar size in the CO market ($USD4.85M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Elon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Elon Musk (55 yo)
17.7yrs
Tenure
US$158,359,009,867
Compensation
Mr. Elon R. Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (also known as SpaceX) in 2002 and serves as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer since May 2002. He serves...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Elon Musk
Co-Founder
17.7yrs
US$158.36b
29.91% COP 1467.8t
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
2.8yrs
US$403.00k
0.0035% COP 173.7b
Xiaotong Zhu
Senior Vice President of APAC & Global Vehicle Manufacturing
3.2yrs
US$376.32k
0.0018% COP 88.3b
Travis Axelrod
Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Brandon Ehrhart
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
no data
no data
no data
Franz von Holzhausen
Chief Designer
no data
no data
no data
Roxanne Inskip-Kaye
Head of Operations - Electric Vehicle Business
1.8yrs
no data
no data
John Walker
Vice President of Sales - North America
16.8yrs
US$394.28k
no data
Rodney Westmoreland
Director of Construction Management
no data
no data
no data
Lars Moravy
Vice President of Vehicle Engineering
no data
no data
no data
Ashok Elluswamy
Executive Officer
no data
no data
no data
Michael Snyder
Vice President of Energy & Charging
no data
no data
no data
3.2yrs
Average Tenure
51.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: TSLACO's management team is considered experienced (3.2 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Elon Musk
Co-Founder
22.2yrs
US$158.36b
29.91% COP 1467.8t
Ira Ehrenpreis
Independent Director
19.1yrs
no data
0.023% COP 1.1t
James Murdoch
Independent Director
8.9yrs
no data
0.020% COP 959.4b
Robyn Denholm
Independent Chairwoman
11.8yrs
no data
0.0023% COP 110.9b
John Hartung
Independent Director
1yr
no data
no data
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson
Independent Director
7.5yrs
no data
0.0013% COP 63.3b
Jeffrey Straubel
Independent Director
3.1yrs
no data
no data
Kimbal Musk
Director
22.2yrs
no data
0.037% COP 1.8t
Joseph Gebbia
Independent Director
3.8yrs
no data
0.00011% COP 5.4b
8.9yrs
Average Tenure
55yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: TSLACO's board of directors are considered experienced (8.9 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/28 19:37
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/26 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Tesla, Inc. is covered by 83 analysts. 45 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.