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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 10 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.

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...

[–] 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.

[–] 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)