The guy knows how to hire smart people and keep them around, that in an of itself is rare these days and worth admiration. I can't think of many living CEOs as effective as him in this regard.
I wouldn't say my admiration extends outside of areas he is an expert in though, usually when he starts talking about anything else he talks out of his ass.
I mean he's clearly doing something right. But the people at the top are most definitely not staying around.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-executives-who-report-...
I know for a fact the good engineers are sticking around because I know a bunch of them personally. I wouldn't say all of them are staying because of Elon alone but it generally factors into the calculation (along with massively appreciated stock options ofcourse...)
Give someone a massive retention bonus (in this case structured as an RSU) to get them to stay doesn't seem like unique genius to me
Going to Tesla a few years ago was a hard choice, they paid below market (substantially) but offered pretty generous stock grants.
The stock hadn't really appreciated in-line with the companies growth because of the enormous risk of the Model 3 project. This represented massive risk overhang that until cleared didn't allow the stock to really take off.
2020 (over?) corrected for that however so now the employees that have put in the years are sitting on massive unrealized gains.
He has retained (and attracted away from places like Apple) really high quality talent for over a decade.
Ok, so by that very definition, what does that make Elon Musk as a Chief EXECUTIVE Officer...
You are saying Elon hired a bunch of dumb people to be executives for his companies.
Not sure that's what you want to imply.