Tesla denies trying to replace Elon Musk as CEO
Tesla today denied a report that its board contacted executive search firms to find a replacement for CEO Elon Musk. The Wall Street Journal reported last night that about a month ago, “Tesla’s board got serious about looking for Musk’s successor” and that board “members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for finding Tesla’s next chief executive.”
Tesla’s official X account then posted a statement attributed to board chairperson Robyn Denholm saying that “there was a media report erroneously claiming that the Tesla Board had contacted recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search at the company.”
“This is absolutely false (and this was communicated to the media before the report was published). The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the Board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead,” Denholm’s statement said.
