Only because the "product" has become the stock, not the cars.
If Musk left, the stock would crash. But the company would be profitable.
If Musk left, the stock would crash. But the company would be profitable.
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)