On paper.
He bet big on EVs, which the market rewarded. Same happened with Microsoft and computers maybe thirty years ago, main difference being that Tesla is not holding a semi monopoly, and competitors are catching up quickly.
How do you measure that? All sales figures show the contrary.
Also, two days ago https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/vw-ceo-sa...
>Volkswagen AG said Tesla Inc. is moving twice as quickly as the rest of the industry that needs to pick up the pace in the shift to making electric vehicles packed with software.