Tesla surprisingly got a new chief financial officer. The long-time incumbent Zachary Kirkhorn (39) withdrew on Friday, as the electric car manufacturer announced on Monday. No information was given as to the reasons. Being a part of this company is a special experience and I am extremely proud of the work we have done together since I joined the company over 13 years ago,” Kirkhorn said in a post on LinkedIn.
During his tenure, Tesla posted its first quarterly profit since the introduction of the Model 3 compact sedan to the mass market, reaching a market valuation of more than $1 trillion.
He was succeeded by Vaibhav Taneja (45), who joined Tesla in 2017. Kirkhorn will be available for a seamless transition through the end of the year, it said.
Kirkhorn has been Tesla’s chief financial officer since 2019. Since spring 2021, he has also had the fun title “Master of Coin” as his official title, which was based on the “Game of Thrones” series. company boss Elon Musk called itself «Technoking» at the time. Successor Taneja was only presented as chief financial officer in the announcement on Monday.
The timing of Kirkhorn’s retirement also sheds new light on a tweet from Elon Musk (52) over the weekend. The Tesla boss wrote on Sunday that all the boss positions on a board were superfluous.