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 $142.23B. 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

Will Tesla Benefit If $7,500 EV Tax Credit Cancelled?

Nov 18

Tesla: When Fundamentals Don't Matter (Rating Downgrade)

Nov 12

Do Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Nov 12
Do Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?

Tesla Has Too Many Issues To Make For A Solid Investment

Nov 04

'There Are Some Horses': Maintaining Tesla With A Buy

Oct 27

Wall Street Brunch: Tesla Earnings Steal The Spotlight

Oct 20

The Return Trends At Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Look Promising

Oct 19
The Return Trends At Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Look Promising

Tesla: Fading Robotaxi Hype (Rating Downgrade)

Oct 14

Tesla Stock: We, Are Selling (Rating Downgrade)

Oct 07

Tesla: Time To Cash Out Before Robotaxi Event (Rating Downgrade)

Sep 30

Earnings Not Telling The Story For Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) After Shares Rise 27%

Sep 28
Earnings Not Telling The Story For Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) After Shares Rise 27%

Tesla: A Weak Hold Ahead Of The Robotaxi Event

Sep 23

Tesla: Fierce Chinese Competition May Hold The Stock Back

Sep 16

Is Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) A Risky Investment?

Sep 12
Is Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) A Risky Investment?

Interest Rate Cuts, Layoffs, And Tesla's Stock: What's Next For Investors? (Technical Analysis)

Sep 10

Tesla's Robotaxi Lead Is Questionable; It Takes More Than Tech

Aug 30

Tesla: What If 4680 Battery Team Fails To Deliver By 2024

Aug 19

Tesla: Brilliant AI-Driven Robotaxi Model, But Not Today

Aug 13

Insights Into Tesla's Trillion-Dollar Robotaxi Question From Elon Musk

Aug 05

Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Profits May Be Overstating Its True Earnings Potential

Jul 31
Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Profits May Be Overstating Its True Earnings Potential

Tesla: Stagnating Core Business And Unclear Non-Core Potential Make It Unattractive

Jul 29

Tesla: A Significant Shift In Risk/Reward Calls For A Pre-Earnings Downgrade

Jul 23

Tesla, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shares Climb 44% But Its Business Is Yet to Catch Up

Jul 17
Tesla, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Shares Climb 44% But Its Business Is Yet to Catch Up

Tesla's Q2 Deliveries Strong, But What's To Come?

Jul 16

Tesla: A Strong Buy Despite The Massive Rally

Jul 08

Date Your Stocks, Don't Marry Them - Jonah Lupton

Jul 01

Tesla: 2024 Is Not A BEV Year (Rating Downgrade)

Jun 24

Tesla: Back In The Game With Musk Re-Engaged

Jun 16

Tesla: Sell Into Strength Signals (Technical Analysis Update)

Jun 10

Tesla: $570 Billion Market Cap Should Shrink As Expectations Are Unmet

Jun 03

Tesla's iPhone Moment

May 28

Victor Dergunov Talks Amazing AI Run, Rolling Corrections, EV Space And Gold

May 22

Tesla: Don't Bet Your House On Recovery

May 13

Wall Street Lunch: Musk Pitches Tesla Stake To Buffett

May 06

Tesla: Far From Overvalued Even When Excluding Robotaxi And Optimus

Apr 29

Magnificent 5 Or 7? Earnings Preview With Steven Cress

Apr 21

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 US 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%
$ 142.2b
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer1.3yrsUS$278.00k0.0033%
$ 36.3m
Xiaotong Zhu
Senior Vice President of Automotive1.6yrsUS$32.57m0.0021%
$ 23.3m
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%
$ 142.2b
Ira Ehrenpreis
Independent Director17.5yrsno data0.018%
$ 197.6m
James Murdoch
Independent Director7.3yrsno data0.013%
$ 140.9m
Robyn Denholm
Independent Chairwoman10.3yrsno data0.0027%
$ 29.4m
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson
Independent Director5.9yrsno data0.00017%
$ 1.9m
Jeffrey Straubel
Independent Director1.5yrsno datano data
Kimbal Musk
Director20.6yrsno data0.049%
$ 540.9m
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).