Musk said he would appoint a new CEO of Twitter.
Apparently, Elon Musk doesn’t want to be CEO of any company.. Musk, who is the CEO of multiple companies, including most recently, Twitter, was answering questions from lawyers representing Tesla when he made the offhand comment.“I frankly don’t want to be the CEO of any company”
The trial, which kicked off Monday, is focused on whether Tesla’s board acted appropriately when it approved a pay package for Musk that is now worth about $52 billion at recent share prices and whether Musk had any undue influence over that decision. But Musk’s testimony also stretched into topics including his titles, how he spends his time, and most importantly, whether he was drunk when heHe explained why he chafes at the title of CEO at his various companies, noting that he does not view his role as a traditional chief executive.
“At SpaceX, it’s really that I’m responsible for the engineering of the rockets and Tesla for the technology in the car that makes it successful,” he said. “So, CEO is often viewed as somewhat of a business-focused role, but in reality, my role is much more that of an engineer developing technology and making sure that we develop breakthrough technologies and that we have a team of incredible engineers who can achieve those goals.
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