Only because the "product" has become the stock, not the cars.

If Musk left, the stock would crash. But the company would be profitable.

You’re right but so many companies are about the stock and not any sort of core product anymore. He’s got a very unique gravity well around him lol

	▲	dimaggiosghost 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You put it better than I could have. It makes for an interesting argument why executive comp should be capped - so they can focus on the product as the product (to benefit consumers) instead of the stock as the product (to benefit execs especially in short term)