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Most realize it doesn't matter who founded it. Elon is the reason it is successful.

• random314 4y ago
  Reasonable people can disagree with this thesis.
  • sumedh 4y ago
    What is the counter argument?
    • loeg 4y ago
      I'm not arguing it one way or the other, but the obvious counter is "Tesla's success was orthogonal to, or in spite of, Musk."
      • marvin 4y ago
        You'd have to provide some pretty compelling reasoning to support that Tesla is successful in spite of Musk; i.e. that without him, its market cap today would be higher than 780 billion dollars. Even discounting all other data, Tesla avoided bankruptcy in 2008 only because Musk tricked a key investor into believing that he could personally finance their investment round if the other investors didn't sign. You'd have a hard time tracking down a single eligible CEO who could play that role in 2008, let alone get them in a position to actually be with Tesla at the time. And this is only a single example of a pivotal moment during Tesla's history that hinges on Musk. Without Musk then, no Tesla today.