Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down

Just trade, you'll be better off not getting married to a position, brand, or employer, why hold some of the personnel at a fictional antiquated higher standard? Its a trade for founders and executives too.

Here is a question... why would a CTO liquidate the stock and quit a company supposedly on the verge of an economy transforming self driving breakthrough?

Because it is a fraudulent claim that full self driving is here or anywhere near for Tesla.

Elon Musk has encouraged a lot of engineers and has accomplished great things with these teams, but he has no concept of what is acceptable behaviour for a CEO of a publicly listed company. He regularly commits securities fraud. Faking it til you make it may be a good motto in life, but when it is people’s investments on the line, it is fraud. When it is safety on the line it is fraud.

As a trader, frankly it disgusts me that the SEC is so lenient with him. This basically opens up the world to terrifying securities frauds simply bc he is rich and famous.

I can assure you if I did anything even close to what he does on a seemingly daily basis when it comes to misrepresentation and fraud, I would be put in prison for years. He gets a pass bc he is Elon Musk and that is disgusting.

Elon Musk should be relegated to the non technical cheerleading role he is good at while an adult runs the company and refrains from repetitive securities fraud.

Straubel is leaving because he wants no part of what is likely coming. A liquidity crunch and further fraudulent activity. Fraud secured.

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Will McColl, manager of equipment engineering

Jon McNeill, president of global sales and services

Eric Branderiz, chief accounting officer

Susan Repo, corporate treasurer and vice president of finance

Jim Keller, head of Autopilot hardware engineering

Georg Ell, director of Western Europe operations

Matthew Schwall, director of field performance engineering

Ganesh Srivats, vice president overseeing retail, delivery

Sarah O'Brien, vice president of communications

Gabrielle Toledano, chief people officer

Dave Morton, chief accounting officer

Liam O'Connor, vice president of global supply management

Antoin Abou-Haydar, senior director of production and quality

Justin McAnear, vice president of worldwide finance and operations

Phil Rothenberg, vice president in the legal department

Jeff Jones, head of global security

Dan Kim, senior director of global sales

Aaron Chew, director of investor relations

Todd Maron, general counsel

Charles Mwangi, senior director of engineering

Cindy Nicola, vice president of global recruiting

Dane Butswinkas, general counsel

Deepak Ahuja, CFO

Praveen Arichandran, director of growth

Karl Wagner, senior director of global security

Dave Arnold, senior director of global communications

Felicia Mayo, vice president of human resources and head of diversity

Peter Hochholdinger, vice president of production

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