Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
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#3He seems pretty well-known within the company.
First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA.
He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places?
Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
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#4He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
Would you be so cool if he was replacing Musk while he did a reconnaissance trip to Mars or something?
Re: Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
#5He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
I think it is noteworthy given the notoriety of Musk and the high pressure situation being CFO of a company whose CEO makes numerous unsubstantiated claims. If I were an investor in TSLA this would not be welcome news to me. Is this person, relatively young for CFO, in a position to stand up to Musk? Is this person going to be just a yes man so to speak?
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#6https://outline.com/Ts4ZUj
Thank you for this!
Re: Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
#7He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
When the last CFO left in under 2 years, and many other senior execs seem to be fleeing, the worrisome implication is that TSLA has trouble attracting and retaining senior talent given the work pressure and thin financial margin, so they are instead turning to a relatively green home-bred 34 yo.
At the end of the day, I'm not personally worried about this and think this guy will likely do just fine, but this is sufficiently unusual that I don't think the WSJ article is odd.
Re: Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
#8He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
When the last CFO left in under 2 years, and many other senior execs seem to be fleeing, the worrisome implication is that TSLA has trouble attracting and retaining senior talent given the work pressure and thin financial margin, so they are instead turning to a relatively green home-bred 34 yo. At the end of the day, I'm not personally worried about this and think this guy will likely do just fine, but this is suffi…
I think you called it... was thinking similar thoughts, that they can't get anyone from the outside and this kid on the inside is hungry, with perceived though not yet proven externally, capability. I like it.
Re: Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
#9He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
This is what tech journalism has come too, essentially celebrity news and gossip
Re: Elon Musk’s Surprise Pick for Tesla CFO Is a Relative Unknown
#10He seems pretty well-known within the company. First joined Tesla 9 years ago, Wharton undergrad, Harvard MBA. He’s obviously qualified, what’s with all the ageist comments? 34 years old is a “kid” now? On HN of all places? Who cares if he’s a “relative unknown” according to WSJ. Is notoriety an important qualification for CFO?
Would you be so cool if he was replacing Musk while he did a reconnaissance trip to Mars or something?
Why not? Not being famous makes you a bad CEO?
Who knew about Satya Nadella except MS employee before he was named CEO?