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> Is there something particularly hard about finding a qualified COO for Tesla? From talking to a few former execs at Tesla, yes: working directly for Elon.

• virgilp 8y ago
  Gwynne Shotwell seems to be doing that just fine. Surely she's not unique in the world - though I do agree that COOs that meet Elon's bar are probably extremely rare.
  • practice9 8y ago
    From what I've read she is not afraid to confront him on different issues. She is as passionate about SpaceX as he is.
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      Yeah - she was also a first-year employee, SpaceX's eleventh overall. She's got the seniority and the clear long-term established loyalty to be able to say "no", something a newly-minted Tesla COO wouldn't necessarily have.
• Hurtak 8y ago
  Go on. These are the random insights that we love hn for.