--- title: "Three Top Tesla Execs Have Resigned Over the Past Few Weeks" description: "Over the course of less than two weeks, three of Tesla's top executives have resigned — and one announced his exit during an earnings call." date: "2024-04-24" modified: "2024-04-24" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/three-top-tesla-execs-resign" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "investors" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Three Top Tesla Execs Have Resigned Over the Past Few Weeks ![Over the course of less than two weeks, three of Tesla's top executives have resigned — and one announced his exit during an earnings call.]() *\Image: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic via Getty / Futurism\* ## Bye Bye Baby Over the course of less than two weeks, three of Tesla's top executives have resigned — and one announced his exit during an earnings call. As insiders who [spoke to *Fortune*]() magazine confirm, Tesla vice president of investor relations, Martin Viecha, announced that he was leaving the company at the end of this week's [quarterly earnings call](), which came after [mass layoffs](), a [dip in sales](), and the [recall of the Cybertruck](). In a [post on X-formerly-Twitter]() — which, of course, the company's CEO Elon Musk also owns — Viecha said that he is "retiring from the world of investor relations and moving on," which will include spending time with his family. Along with following a string of bad news for Tesla, whose new Cybertruck vehicles [seem to keep]() literally [falling apart](), Viecha's exit also follows just a week after Drew Baglino, the company's now-former senior vice president of powertrain and energy engineering, [announced his own resignation]() after spending 18 years with the company. On April 15, the same day as Baglino's declaration, executive Rohan Patel [also revealed]() that he was parting ways with the company. Both of their exit announcements, of course, were posted to X. ## Investor Chill Despite Musk's sunny outlook on the call, Viecha's resignation might be extra problematic because, as *Fortune* notes, he had cultivated good relationships with company investors who have been put off by the CEO's [increasingly unpalatable behavior and rhetoric](). Indeed, during an [on-air discussion]() about this latest exit on *CNBC*, wealth manager Ross Gerber insisted that although Musk performed well on the call itself, the loss of the man who acted as the "glue between management and shareholders and investors" is a blow indeed. Tesla, Gerber told his *CNBC* co-panelists, "continues to lose seasoned top executives during this really important transition, and I find that to be concerning." "The monkey in the room," quipped the CEO of the Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management firm, "is that there’s no demand for the vehicles, even if they flew." **More on Tesla:** [*As Tesla Profits Fall, Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Make a Cheaper Car After All*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()