The company itself says it is highly dependent on Musk, who is also the CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. In October, he acquired Twitter Inc. for $44 billion. This month, he announced the leadership team for xAI, his latest startup. "Elon is a big driver for Tesla's success," said Koney. "The less time he spends on Twitter and the more time he spends on Tesla, I'm happy." Full Self-Driving In March, Tesla gave a lengthy investor presentation at the company's headquarters and factory in Austin, and Musk shared the stage with several other executives.