This question may be more heated, more debated, and more relevant than I’ve ever seen it: Should Elon Musk remain the CEO of Tesla? This question has been raised for years by some, mostly people who have never liked him and have generally predicted he’d fail. In my opinion, looking back at what Tesla has achieved, I think there’s no way to say he failed. Tesla hit its semi-insane growth goals and became probably larger than Elon Musk and JB Straubel initially dreamed.
Naturally, a major topic for Tesla this week, or in recent months, is Elon’s compensation package. I don’t really want to go down that rabbit hole, but my simple opinion is: shareholders voted on his compensation package years ago, it was passed, and it should have just stayed in place. I’m not a lawyer, and I understand the arguments for repealing it, but I don’t think it should be repealed.
For the ones who would like to see Musk move on from leading the company, there have been suggestions for who could be a good replacement: Carlos Ghosn, Herbert Diess, Carlos Tavares, etc. I considered discussing those options, but it’s not really my thing, so I’ll skip that debate for now.