Tesla Promotes Key Executives And Gives Them More Responsibilities In Leadership Shuffle

Several Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) executives, including Wes Morrill, Milan Kovac, and Ashok Elluswamy, have received promotions over the past few weeks, according to reports and LinkedIn updates.

What Happened: Omead Afshar is now a vice president in charge of sales and manufacturing with senior executives in North America and Europe reporting to him, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the changes. Afshar has also reportedly assumed responsibilities formerly held by senior leader Tom Zhu, the report said.

According to Afshar’s LinkedIn profile, he previously worked in the Office of the CEO at Tesla. However, since July 2020, his role at the company is depicted as an emoji donning a cowboy hat, a job description he has also provided on social media platform X. ...

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