# Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his views on Tesla's stock

1 Faculty News July 13, 2016 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027305.jpg?itok=Ipx0jiaQ)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/13/damodaran-musk-is-the-biggest-weakness-of-tesla.html) -- "The allure of Tesla and the danger of Tesla is Elon Musk. Elon Musk has made the company what it is today ... but I think he is the biggest weakness of the company. I think he's a great storyteller, but if you look at Tesla's lifetime, it always had trouble on execution. And I think the reality is Elon Musk is not as interested in execution as he is in telling you the big story."

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