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Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk

With profits and stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at company

Elon Musk at a party to celebrate the opening of a Tesla factory in Austin in 2022. suzanne cordeiro/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

About a month ago, with Tesla’s stock sinking and some investors irritated about Elon Musk’s White House focus, Tesla’s board got serious about looking for Musk’s successor.

Board members reached out to several executive search firms to work on a formal process for finding Tesla’s next chief executive, according to people familiar with the discussions. 

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