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Tesla's finance chief Kirkhorn unexpectedly steps down (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Haus@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Tesla finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn has stepped down, surprising analysts who considered the company veteran of 13 years as a possible successor to CEO Elon Musk.

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[–] inkican@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happened with Enron, too. When the finance guy cuts and runs, you know something's about to go down.

[–] 6h0st_in_the_machin3@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

And may be related to Twitter, Musk may need to sell a LOT of Tesla stock to cover his failure in the platform, and the stock might come down or be even claimed by Musk's co-investors on Shitter...

[–] Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When CFOs have a "sudden departure", how long before stories of financial hanky-panky start surfacing?

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

BUY PUTS ON TESLA

(this is not financial advice, only a shitpost)

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Musk was once good at recruiting and retaining top talent. That's gone out of the window as he has increasingly lost touch with reality lately. Not a good sign at all.