Tesla (TSLA) stock & equity tools

Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures, and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services.

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Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning incorporated Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California in July 2003. Elon Musk led the Series A financing in 2004, joined as chairman and largest investor, and became CEO in late 2008 as the company neared bankruptcy ahead of the Roadster launch. Tesla launched the Model S in 2012 and the Model 3 in 2017, which became the world's best-selling electric vehicle. The company IPO'd on Nasdaq as TSLA in June 2010. Tesla delivered 1.79 million vehicles in 2024 and reported $97.7 billion in revenue.

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Equity comp at Tesla

• RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.

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