Who is Tesla owned by?

The largest individual Tesla shareholder is Elon Musk. Vanguard and BlackRock are the two largest institutional investors.

Who is the current owner of Tesla?

Tesla is a publicly owned stock that both individual and institutional investors hold.

Who is the largest shareholder of Tesla?

Elon Musk is the largest individual shareholder.

Who is the CEO of Tesla?

Since October 2008, Elon Musk has been the CEO of Tesla.

Who Owns Tesla? Major Tesla Shareholders

Who Owns Tesla?

By Scott Levine – Updated Jun 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM EST | Fact-checked by Margo Winton Parodi

Key Points

Elon Musk is Tesla's largest individual shareholder, holding 717,112,739 shares as of April 2026.
Vanguard Group and BlackRock are the top institutional investors in Tesla.
Tesla's board of directors includes Elon Musk as CEO and Robyn M. Denholm as Chairman.

Elon Musk is widely recognized as the largest shareholder of Tesla (TSLA +1.16%) stock. However, current and prospective investors alike know he's not alone, leaving them to wonder about the bigger picture regarding who owns Tesla.

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Tesla Gigafactory. — Image source: Tesla.

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One of the most recognizable electric vehicle (EV) companies on America's highways and byways today, Tesla was initially focused on the luxury market. Its sole vehicle available to drivers was the Roadster, an electric sports car that debuted in 2008.

In the years that followed, Tesla expanded its vehicle lineup to the Model S sedan in 2012 and the Model X SUV in 2015. Two years later, Tesla introduced the Model 3, an EV that sported a more affordable price tag. Rounding out the company's available vehicles, the Model Y, a compact SUV, started appearing on America's roads in 2020, while the Cybertruck debuted in 2023. Today, Tesla is developing the Semi, an electric semi-truck.

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NASDAQ: TSLA

Tesla

Today's Change

(1.34%) $4.62

Current Price

$349.75

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$1.4T

Day's Range

$346.90 - $351.58

52wk Range

$297.38 - $498.83

Volume

3.8M

Avg Vol

41.9M

Gross Margin

18.85%

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In addition to its automotive segment, Tesla has an energy-generation and storage segment that includes its business dedicated to the "design, manufacture, installation, sales and leasing of solar energy generation and energy storage products and related services and sales of solar energy systems incentives."

The company offers its Powerwall battery for residential and commercial-scale applications, while its Megapack is suited for utility-scale energy-storage applications.

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The company offers its Powerwall battery for residential and commercial-scale applications, while its Megapack is suited for utility-scale energy-storage applications.

Who is the owner of Tesla?

Although Tesla has no single owner, Elon Musk is the largest shareholder. The company, then called Tesla Motors, was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Musk hitched a ride with the company shortly after it was incorporated, providing more than $6 million in 2004 during its Series A funding round.

At that time, Musk was appointed as the company's chairman. Additionally, Musk made other investments in Tesla. For instance, he participated in Series B and Series C funding rounds before Tesla's initial public offering (IPO) in 2010.

Although he receives considerable attention as the CEO of Tesla -- a position he's held since 2008 -- Musk also has his sights set on the stars, serving as the CEO and chairman of SpaceX, a company working to reduce the cost of space exploration. Musk is recognized as one of the most accomplished entrepreneurs of modern times. In addition to founding SpaceX, Musk founded The Boring Company and Neuralink.

Reimagining urban transport, The Boring Company is attempting to alleviate city traffic by developing tunnel networks. Neuralink, meanwhile, is developing brain implants to help people with certain medical conditions. Early in his business career, Musk also achieved success as a co-founder of x.com, which eventually became PayPal (PYPL -0.10%). And in 2022, Musk acquired Twitter and rebranded it to X the following year.

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Who are the largest shareholders?

Musk may be the person most closely identified with Tesla, but a number of individuals and institutions hold significant positions in the EV company. Let's take a look at the investors -- both insiders and institutions -- that represent the largest shareholders as of the most recent annual filing, for fiscal year 2025.

Individuals

Elon Musk: As the largest individual Tesla shareholder, Musk had 717,112,739 shares of common stock as of April 2026.
Kimbal Musk: The younger brother of Elon, Kimbal is also on the board of directors at Tesla. He owns 1,376,373 shares of Tesla's outstanding common stock as of April 2026.
Vaibhav Taneja: Acting as Tesla's chief financial officer (CFO) since August 2023, Taneja had 1,313,822 shares of Tesla's common stock as of April 2026.
Tom Zhu: First hired at Tesla in 2014, Zhu has served as the company's senior vice president of automotive since April 2023. As of April 2026, Zhu owned 2,206,763 shares of Tesla's common stock.

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Stock

A stock represents an ownership interest in a business. When a business wants to raise money, its board of directors determines the number of shares to issue.

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Institutions

Vanguard Group: Providing services to more than 50 million investors, the Vanguard Group held 229.8 million shares of Tesla in April 2026 through several mutual funds, such as the Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares, Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund, and Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares.
BlackRock (BLK +1.26%): With more than $10 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock holds 188.8 million of Tesla's outstanding shares in several investment vehicles, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs), like the iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF (IDRV +1.25%) and iShares U.S. Consumer Discretionary ETF (IYC +0.39%).
State Street (STT +1.52%): The third-largest institutional holder of Tesla stock is State Street, with 114.7 million shares in a variety of ETFs. Tesla has a major position in the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY +0.11%), for example, representing 19.6% of the ETF's holdings.
Geode Capital Management: Founded in 2001, Geode, which manages Fidelity Investments' stock index funds, has more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management. It owns 68 million shares of Tesla stock.

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Who is on the board of directors for Tesla?

Helping shape the company's direction, the board of directors has various responsibilities that ensure the company is well-managed. Investors often pay close attention to who sits on a company's board of directors, since their stock purchases or sales may provide insight into how the company is faring.

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Tesla's board of directors 2025
Name	Title	Year Elected to the Board
Elon Musk	CEO of Tesla	2004
Robyn M. Denholm	Chairman of the Board	2014
Ira Ehrenpreis	Founder and managing partner of DBL Partners	2007
Joe Gebbia	Co-founder of Airbnb	2022
James Murdoch	Former CEO of Twenty-First Century Fox	2017
Kimbal Musk	Board Member of Tesla	2004
JB Straubel	Co-Founder of Tesla	2005 & 2023
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson	Former VP of Walgreens Boots Alliance	2018
Jack Hartung	Senior Advisor at Chipotle	2025

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About the Author

Scott Levine is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering energy, industrials, technology, and materials. He is also a high school English teacher and a small business owner. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing from Binghamton University, a master’s degree in secondary education from Adelphi University, and an advanced certificate in school building leadership from CUNY Queens College. A crossword puzzle enthusiast, he has solved more than 3,100 New York Times puzzles with a 97% solve rate.

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