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		sschueller on July 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down "Eberhard and Tarpenning were the original founders and incorporated Tesla, while Musk, Straubel and Wright joined in a Series A round later on. A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five to call themselves founders.]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#cite_note-founders...

oska on July 25, 2019 | [–]

And the 2009 news article properly referenced by that wikipedia article:

https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-motors-founders-now-there-ar...

Wiretrip on July 25, 2019 | [–]

Just to add that Musk was not a Paypal founder either. In fact they absorbed his company and promptly fired him for making stupid decisions.

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