Who owns it?
Built and owned by US the United States, 2003 · never sold

Tesla is independent. It owns itself.

Tesla was incorporated in Delaware on 1 July 2003 as Tesla Motors, Inc. It introduced its first car, the Roadster, in early 2008, listed on Nasdaq in June 2010 and, as Tesla, Inc., converted to a Texas corporation in June 2024, according to its own filings.

Where it sits

Nowhere. There is no level above this one.

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US Austin Tesla, Inc. TSLA the chain ends here
The top

23 years, one owner

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 2003 Tesla was incorporated in Delaware on 1 July 2003 as Tesla Motors, Inc. It introduced its first car, the Roadster, in early 2008, listed on Nasdaq in June 2010 and, as Tesla, Inc., converted to a Texas corporation in June 2024, according to its own filings.
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No company has ever controlled it. The largest shareholder is its chief executive, who holds his stake personally rather than through a company, and before the 2010 listing the biggest company holder was a Daimler investment vehicle, far short of control.

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