Musk Confidant Afshar Leaves Tesla in Latest High-Level Exit
(Bloomberg) -Tesla Inc. is a powerful ruler and one of the closest confidants of Elon Musk, Omead Afshar, according to people who know the subject, the latest high-level separation for an electric vehicle manufacturer in a variable period.
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The news of the exit, said that he has been wandering internally among some employees in recent days, people who want to not discuss internal information. Two people said Afshar’s name was no longer in an internal knee. The reason for the change and the future plans were not immediately clear.
Afshar, Musk and Tesla immediately did not respond to comments.
Afshar, who worked in the CEO office, was promoted to supervise sales and production operations in North America and Europe last year. These markets have recently become special pain scores for the car manufacturer, and sales have increased competition and Musk’s role in US President Donald Trump due to consumer reaction.
This points to the last departure of a leading Tesla leader in recent weeks. Milan Kovac, the President of Engineering for the company’s Optimus Humanoid Robot program, referred to the desire to spend more time with his family.
According to familiar people, Jenna Ferrua, who is listed as the Human Resources Director of North America in LinkedIn, left Tesla and no longer appear in the company directory.
Personnel changes ended a turbulent year for Tesla, who spent time in Washington, while the demand for home models decreased. The Chairman of the Executive Committee is trying to re -guide the company around artificial intelligence, robots and driverless cars, and recently offers Tesla’s few Tesla’s long -term robotaxis in Austin.
Tesla is expected to report the results of global delivery for the second quarter next week.
Bloomberg has reported that Afshar had left and changed very little from 11:54 in New York.
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Afshar joined Tesla in 2017 according to the LinkedIn profile, because the car manufacturer began to increase the production of the model 3 sedan.
“I was together with Elon almost every day in the Hell of Model 3 in Model 3 in an article on the social media platform owned by Musk. “This gratitude day, Christmas, Christmas night, birthday, and almost his brother’s wedding missed.”
