Deepak Ahuja resigns as Tesla CFO - a second time

January 2019: Ahuja’s departure from Tesla was announced by Telsa founder and CEO Elon Musk at the end of the company’s fourth quarter 2018 earnings conference call, according to news reports.

CNBC reported that, “ It’s the second time Ahuja has resigned from the company. He was one of Tesla’s longest serving executives when he first left in 2015. He rejoined Tesla in 2017, replacing then-CFO Jason Wheeler, who abruptly resigned.”

Ahuja joined Tesla as CFO at the worst possible time: July 2008, CNBC notes. He was with the company when it went public in 2010. Tesla has a market value of around $50 billion.

Ahuja has been Chief Financial Officer of Tesla, Inc. for the second time, since March 2017. Earlier he served as the CFO from July 2008 until November 2015. Ahuja was with Ford Motor Company. He served as Controller for small cars product development program of Ford from August 1993 to July 2008. Prior to joining Tesla in 2008, Ahuja served in various positions at Ford Motor Company from August 1993 to July 2008, most recently as the Vehicle Line Controller of Small Cars Product Development from July 2006 to July 2008. He served as Chief Financial Officer for Ford of Southern Africa from February 2003 to June 2006, where he oversaw the finance, legal and IT functions. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for Auto Alliance International from September 2000 to February 2003. He served as an Independent Director of FireEye, Inc. from September 3, 2015 to September 12, 2017. Ahuja holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, a M.S. degree in Materials Engineering from Northwestern University and a B. Tech in Ceramic Engineering from Banaras Hindu University in India.

For the CNBC story: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/musk-says-tesla-cfo-deepak-ahuja-is-leaving-the-company.html