Vaibhav Taneja Tesla CFO - Lesser-known Facts

Vaibhav Taneja, the current Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) at Tesla has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Aug 2023.

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He was born in 1978 in India and resides in Austin in the state of Texas, United States.

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He gained certification in Chartered Accountancy from ICAI (1997-2000) along with a B.Com degree at Delhi University (1996-1999).

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He gained Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 2006.

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First, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an Assistant Manager in July 1999 and served as Senior Manager from Dec 2003 to Mar 2016.

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He also worked at SolarCity as a Vice President for a year from 2016 to 2017.

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He joined Tesla in Feb 2017 as an Assistant Corporate Controller and became the Corporate Controller in May 2018.

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He was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) of the company in Mar 2019 and became the director in Jan 2021.

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After successfully completing six and half years with Tesla, he became the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Tesla in Aug 2023.

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He holds experience of around 17 years in telecommunication, retail & technology.

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