At Tesla, Departures Mount at a Critical Time
- Mission creep, Musk’s drive said to exhaust former executives
- CFO’s exit is latest ahead of the run-up to Model 3’s arrival
Elon Musk Says Tesla CFO Jason Wheeler Is Leaving
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Tesla Inc. is losing key personnel as it races to bring the Model 3 -- its most critical electric sedan yet -- to market later this year.
Chief Financial Officer Jason Wheeler’s impending departure, announced just 15 months after he joined Tesla from Google, will be the latest in a raft of largely under-the-radar exits. Former executives, who spoke on the condition they not be identified, cited a range of reasons for their exits over the past year, including long hours in the rush to high-volume production, mission creep, and a tense culture that reflects their visionary but indefatigable chief executive officer, Elon Musk.