Elon Musk does not work alone. These are the other top leaders of Tesla

But Tesla, unlike most companies of its size, does not have a known management structure. There is no organization chart or public list of senior executives. The company-wide memorandum of Musk did not specify how the underlying new flat hierarchy would differ from the old, deeper one.

Musk has long expressed contempt for rigid hierarchical lines. The electric car manufacturer that it has shaped in its image continues to favor agility and flexibility over a clear chain of command, even though its strength has ballooned in recent years.

Tesla's top ranks include dozens of executives, most of whom never see the limelight – and that's by design. Aside from the charismatic boss, the company has always drawn attention to the products rather than the people who make them.

But an aversion to publicly disclosing a management team or even the names of its leaders is deeply unusual. There is no indication on the Tesla website of people who hold important decision-making positions. That's not how it works at Apple Inc., General Motors Co. or Uber Technologies Inc., which all provide a list of key leaders.

Even federal regulators are kept in the dark. Tesla's most recent proxy statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission mentions only three agents in addition to Musk: Straubel; Deepak Ahuja, the chief financial officer; and Doug Field, Senior Vice President of Engineering. Field has been on extended leave since mid-May, with no indication of when he will return. The Tesla Investor Relations page, which has a brief management section, does not include Field.

Adding to the interest of who is calling the shots at the company, Tesla has seen several senior executives – including the former chief financial officer and a dozen vice presidents – leave since 2016, the year when Musk unveiled model 3 and acquired SolarCity. Already in 2018, Tesla is separated from its sales and service chairman, from the person who manages his closely monitored, autopilot software, from the executive who was the primary contact with US regulators and of the two best members of his financial team. In the midst of these departures, Tesla has bothered to announce recent hires like Stuart Bowers as Vice President of Engineering and Sanjay Shah as Senior Vice President of Energy Operations.

In an effort to shed light on Tesla executives who are not named Elon Musk, Bloomberg searched for public references and interviewed several current and former employees to compile a list of 30 key executives. Tesla is now 15, but most of the leaders on this list have been in the business for less than five years. These are the men and women on which shareholders and customers rely to accelerate production, develop exciting new products, stop the company's epic cash losses and lead the global transformation of a mining economy. towards a sustainable future.