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zzahoward (Cheshire Cat)
2023-08-09 07:35:44原文标题：
Tesla CFO and company veteran Zach Kirkhorn quits
原文连结：
https://tinyurl.com/anmvawet
发布时间：
2023/8/8
记者署名：
Richard Waters
原文内容：
Zach Kirkhorn, one of Elon Musk’s closest lieutenants at Tesla, has
stepped down unexpectedly as chief financial officer as the electric-car
maker grapples with cutting costs and defending its profit margins following
a spate of price cuts.
Zach Kirkhorn是Musk最资深的手下之一，非预期的情况下提出辞呈，当Tesla正在奋力
削减成本以保护降价后的利润。
He was replaced in the top finance job on Friday by Vaibhav Taneja, who had
been chief accounting officer since 2019, the company said in an official
filing on Monday. It added that Kirkhorn would stay on until the end of the
year to help with the transition and thanked him for his “significant
contributions”.
CFO的位置将由Vaibhav接任，Vaibhav从2019年至今一直都是会计主管
而Kirkhorn将会继续在公司内部待到年底以进行完整的交阶，Tesla并感谢他的贡献
The departure follows a rare period of stability in Tesla’s senior ranks,
which in the past have been through periods of rapid turnover. Kirkhorn, a
13-year Tesla finance veteran, took the reins as chief financial officer four
years ago and has since presided over a turnaround in the company’s
finances, with its annual free cash flow increasing from roughly break-even
when he took over to more than $7bn last year.
这次的离职是在Tesla稳定期罕见的情况，该公司曾经有过动荡时期，大量高级主管出走
Kirkhorn在Tesla任职财务相关工作13年，四年前被任命为CFO
在他接任后Tesla财务状况大幅好转，可动用现金流在去年也增加到70亿镁
Tesla’s shares have risen ten-fold since 2019 as it overcame production
problems with its Model 3 sedan and went on to deliver 1.3mn vehicles in 2022.
Tesla 2019年克服了Model 3的制造问题后，2022年交付了130万辆车子
而股价至今已上涨了10倍
Tesla gave no indication that Kirkhorn would be stepping down when he spoke
alongside Musk on the company’s latest quarterly earnings call with Wall
Street less than three weeks ago. He said on the call that he was “
hyper-focused on near-term cost reduction” in an effort to free up capital
to invest, as Tesla prepares for its next wave of expansion with the
long-awaited launch of its Cybertruck and the development of a production
plant in Mexico.
三周前Kirkhorn在投资人会议上一起和Musk发表谈话，但没提到离职的事情
他在电话财报会议中表示将关注于短期的成本削减、Cybertruck和墨西哥工厂
Kirkhorn brought a close eye for operational detail to Tesla’s presentations
and earnings calls, helping to reassure investors that the company had
consigned its historic production struggles to the past. His soft-spoken
style and careful delivery were a counterpoint to Musk, often leaving him to
translate the latter’s off-the-cuff financial comments into a form that was
easier for Wall Street to understand.
他在会议中的内容关注于营运重点和细节，给投资人信心带来稳定
他本身发言谨慎且轻声细语
和他的老板Musk有着强烈的对比 - Musk经常随兴用直白的方式评论
给华尔街带来许多波澜
When Musk revealed last month that Tesla would spend $1bn on its Dojo
supercomputer by the end of next year, for instance, Kirkhorn stepped in to
explain that “the numbers that he mentioned are between R&D spend and
capital spend” and that the company gave a three-year capital spending
forecast. He added that things were “moving quickly” and Tesla would “
continue to update our guidance” to reflect such costs.
例如Musk上个月说要明年底之前砸10亿镁建立Dojo超级电脑
Kirkhorn马上出来解释说这数字包含了R&D和资本支出，同时也给出了三年资本支出计画
接着补充事情发展的十分迅速，会持续更新最新措施以反映给市场相对的成本规划
Taneja joined Tesla with its controversial acquisition of SolarCity, Musk’s
solar power company, in 2017. Before Solar City he had spent 17 years at PwC
in India and the US.
新任CFO接棒者Taneja 2016年加入SolarCity，隔年该公司在争议中被Tesla所并购
在2016年之前Taneja在印度和美国服务于PWC 17年
心得/评论：
以下开放特空特多论战
特空: CFO都烙跑了，多多准备死到底
特多: 人家还会留下来交接到年底，就是正常的高层异动
听说跟Musk工作真的很困难啦，当你满手Tesla股票可以套现
确实直接实现财富自由去找个舒适一点的工作也是个选择
他在CFO在位期间确实看的到整间公司的财务面有极大的改善
市场投资人普遍蛮喜欢这位CFO的，主要是他能把Musk的豪洨转化成正常语言
在许多层面上，这是无法量化的技能之一XDDDD
有传闻他会去接Paypal高层，不过也有听说他过去几个月其实一直在卖股票