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Tesla

Designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage and solar products.

Public Founded 2003 Austin USA Automotive & Mobility
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Founders

7
E
Elon Musk
Co-founder & CEO
 I
Ian Wright
Co-founder
 J
JB Straubel
Co-founder & CTO
 L
Lyndon Rive
Co-founder
 M
Marc Tarpenning
Co-founder
 M
Martin Eberhard
Co-founder & former CEO
 P
Peter Rive
Co-founder

Where its founders came from

5

The companies and labs that produced Tesla’s founders.

Zip2 PayPal X.com SpaceX NuvoMedia

The Tesla diaspora

31 companies Open the full tree →

People who worked at or founded Tesla and went on to start their own companies.

Lineage of TeslaTeslaTeslaElon MuskElon MuskZip2Zip2PayPalPayPalX.comX.comSpaceXSpaceXMateo JaramilloMateo JaramilloForm EnergyForm EnergyHeruHeruPeter CarlssonPeter CarlssonNorthvoltNorthvoltAris MachinaAris MachinaSterling AndersonSterling AndersonAurora InnovationAurora InnovationAuroraAuroraAlex JacobsAlex JacobsSila NanotechnologiesSila NanotechnologiesBernard TseBernard TseLucid MotorsLucid MotorsGene BerdichevskyGene BerdichevskySila NanotechnologiesSila NanotechnologiesIan WrightIan WrightWrightspeedWrightspeedJB StraubelJB StraubelRedwood MaterialsRedwood MaterialsKunal GirotraKunal GirotraLunar EnergyLunar EnergyLyndon RiveLyndon RiveSolarCitySolarCityMarc TarpenningMarc TarpenningNuvoMediaNuvoMediaMartin EberhardMartin EberhardNuvoMediaNuvoMediaMira MuratiMira MuratiThinking Machines LabThinking Machines Lab
The Tesla lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring. ↓ CSV↓ JSON
A 1 founded
Sila Nanotechnologies 2011
B 1 founded
Lucid Motors 2007
E 14 founded
Zip2 1996 PayPal 1998 X.com 1999 SpaceX 2002 Hyperloop One 2014 OpenAI 2015 Neuralink 2016 The Boring Company 2016 Thud 2017 xAI 2023 X Corp. 2023 SpaceXAI 2023 X Holdings Corp 2023 America PAC
G 1 founded
Sila Nanotechnologies 2011
I 1 founded
Wrightspeed 2005
J 1 founded
Redwood Materials 2017
K 1 founded
Lunar Energy 2020
L 1 founded
SolarCity 2006
M 1 founded
NuvoMedia 1997
M 1 founded
NuvoMedia 1997
M 2 founded
Form Energy 2017 Heru 2019
M 1 founded
Thinking Machines Lab 2025
P 1 founded
Northvolt 2016
P 2 founded
Northvolt 2016 Aris Machina
S 2 founded
Aurora Innovation 2017 Aurora 2017

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