--- title: "Elon Musk Just Changed His Title at Tesla" description: "Tesla chief Elon Musk is now officially the company's \"Technoking,\" according to an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission." date: "2021-03-15" modified: "2021-03-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-changed-title-tesla" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Just Changed His Title at Tesla ![Tesla chief Elon Musk is now officially the company's "Technoking," according to an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.]() *\Image: Victor Tangermann\* ## Kiss the Ring As if CEO wasn't enough, Tesla chief Elon Musk is now officially the electric carmaker's "Technoking," according to an [official filing]() with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Chief financial officer Zach Kirhorn also got a funky new title, and is now Tesla's "Master of Coin." It's unclear if the filing will establish a new order of succession for the company — but it is the latest example of Musk's history of friction with the SEC. ## Tesla Royalty The news comes after the carmaker [bought $1.5 billion]() worth of bitcoin earlier this year. Tesla also announced it will start accepting bitcoin as a way to pay for its lineup of cars. It's an interesting new choice of titles for the CEO and his CFO, especially considering Musk's rough-and-tumble relationship with the SEC. The billionaire has repeatedly faced off with the commission over a variety of issues over the years. Most notably, Musk [announced over Twitter]() in August 2018 that he's planning to take "Tesla private for $420" — which later turned out to be a misjudged [weed joke](). More recently Musk threw down the gauntlet again, [daring the SEC to investigate him]() over a series of mystifying memes about the alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin. It's unclear if any such an investigation is under way. Either way, it's hard to decipher what Musk's intention here is. Occam's razor prevails — it may well be little more than a jab at the SEC. Or perhaps, it's Musk ratifying his [love for techno](). **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk formally declares himself Technoking of Tesla]() \[*Ars Technica*\] **More on Musk and the SEC:** *[Elon Musk Invites SEC Into Battle Over Dogecoin, Because ??!??!?!??!]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()