People get so hung up on this.

Musk was the first investor in Tesla, and chairman of the board from the beginning. While chairman, he was involved in the business. He took over as CEO in 2008 and has grown Tesla into the world's largest car company.

Trying to claim Tesla's success is not due to Musk is just wrong.

> the world's largest car company

Nitpick: The most valued car company. Many larger companies in terms of employees and car output. Everything else sounds right though!

I don’t know why this is such a meme. According to elon basically him, jb and martin eberhard founded tesla which was a holding company that acquired AC propulsion and the basic IP.

Regardless, of how you label it Elon created Tesla and there is no Tesla without elon.

Do we say the Warren Buffet owes everything to the founder of the New Bedford based Jewelry company Berkshire Hathaway? Hate Musk all you want but IDK why people try and discredit him with stuff like this

EDIT: Changed AP => AC

> According to elon basically him, jb and martin eberhard founded tesla which was a holding company that acquired AP propulsion (i think it was called) and the basic IP.

That's not what the actual founders say though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblPwXFb7TE

They say he was not a founder within the first minute of the video.

He was definitely not a founder of Tesla - it was a small startup in the industrial area of San Carlos.