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Tesla’s Executive Churn Toughens Test of Musk’s Management Chops
- Treasurer and VP of finance leaves the company; shares drop
- Carmaker disclosed its chief accounting officer left March 7
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Tesla Inc. has always been an intoxicating place to work: an adrenaline-fueled, mission-driven boot camp. Some top executives have departed only to return to the unique drama that is working for Elon Musk.
Many others have quit for good. As common as it’s been for Tesla to see talent come and go, the recent spate of departures from the electric-car maker is raising what were already high stakes for its billionaire chief executive. Musk is in the midst of a crucially important attempt to mass manufacture vehicles, a feat that’s proven incredibly difficult even for a guy famous for flying rockets to space and landing them back on Earth.