It’s Musk First, Then Shareholders for Tesla Board: Liam Denning

Perhaps the biggest bombshell in the Wall Street Journal’s story about succession planning at Tesla Inc. is that the board appeared to have been doing its job.

Robyn Denholm, who chairs that board, issued a statement on X saying that the report that search firms had been contacted to find a replacement for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was “absolutely false.” Musk, owner of X, went further, calling it a “DELIBERATELY FALSE ARTICLE” which failed to include an “unequivocal denial” provided by the board before publication. As of now, the WSJ’s story remains online and has been updated to note that ...