Tesla picks insider to replace Musk as chairman after turmoil


SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc chose Robyn Denholm to succeed Elon Musk as chairman of its board, putting an independent director into the position of contending with the carmaker’s mercurial chief executive officer following his run-ins with regulators and investors.

Denholm, 55 – one of two women on Tesla’s nine-member board – would assume the role of chairman effective immediately, Tesla said.

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