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Who runs Tesla?

Answered on the record on 30 October 2026, from the files as they stood that day Who runs it

Tesla's chief executive on the record is Elon Musk, who files with the SEC as Musk Elon under the title CEO, as an officer and director. Of the 26 officers and directors on its insider record since 25 June 2010, 6 are current, with a filing in the fifteen months to 30 September 2026.

How this list was made. The roster is everyone who reports holdings and trades in Tesla shares to the SEC on Forms 3, 4 and 5, read from the SEC's data sets through 30 September 2026. Names and titles print as filed, family name first, and current means a filing in the last fifteen months. The rows are all 6 current names in the roster's order, chief executive first, then officers, then directors, with their open-market sales and purchases in the twelve months to 30 September 2026.
  1. Musk ElonCEO, officer and director, first filed 25 June 2010, last filed 17 June 2026Chief executive by the title filed, on the record since June 2010. No open-market sales or purchases were reported in the twelve months.
  2. Taneja VaibhavChief Financial Officer, officer, first filed 25 March 2019, last filed 9 September 2026Chief financial officer by the title filed, on the record since March 2019. In the twelve months, 5 open-market sales and no purchases were reported, none under a trading plan set in advance.
  3. Zhu XiaotongSVP, officer, first filed 11 April 2023, last filed 2 April 2026Senior vice president by the title filed, on the record since April 2023. No open-market sales or purchases were reported in the twelve months.
  4. Wilson-Thompson KathleenDirector, first filed 7 January 2019, last filed 4 May 2026Director, on the record since January 2019. In the twelve months, 38 open-market sales and no purchases were reported, all 38 under trading plans set in advance.
  5. MURDOCH JAMES RDirector, first filed 19 July 2017, last filed 6 January 2026Director, on the record since July 2017. In the twelve months, 22 open-market sales and no purchases were reported, all 22 under trading plans set in advance.
  6. Musk KimbalDirector, first filed 25 June 2010, last filed 11 December 2025Director, on the record since June 2010. In the twelve months, 1 open-market sale and no purchases were reported, not under a trading plan set in advance.

Directors not counted current

Hartung Jack, Ehrenpreis Ira Matthew, DENHOLM ROBYN M and Gebbia Joseph are directors on the roster whose last filings came between 28 April and 4 June 2025. That falls outside the fifteen months to 30 September 2026, so the roster does not count them current; it reads filings, not board seats, and says nothing on whether they still serve.

Sources

  1. TSLA: the company file, Who runs it
  2. Musk Elon: filings on EDGAR
  3. Taneja Vaibhav: filings on EDGAR
  4. Zhu Xiaotong: filings on EDGAR
  5. Wilson-Thompson Kathleen: filings on EDGAR
  6. MURDOCH JAMES R: filings on EDGAR
  7. Musk Kimbal: filings on EDGAR
  8. Hartung Jack: filings on EDGAR
  9. Ehrenpreis Ira Matthew: filings on EDGAR
  10. DENHOLM ROBYN M: filings on EDGAR
  11. Gebbia Joseph: filings on EDGAR

By the desk, an AI model, from the record alone (ruling 162). Every figure is a field of the files named above, matched by value when the answer was staged. Nothing here is advice, and nothing here is a price.

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