Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said that “chief executive officer” is “made-up title” and sidestepped questions about his future at the electric-vehicle company, speaking during an interview Monday at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit.
Mr. Musk has complained at times about his workload. He said in January that he expected to run Tesla for several more years but that nobody should be CEO forever.
“The sheer amount of work required to be CEO of Tesla is insane,” he said at the time. “It would be nice to have a bit more free time on my hands as opposed to just working day and night from when I wake up to go to sleep seven days a week. It’s pretty intense.”
Mr. Musk agreed in 2018 to step down as Tesla’s chairman for three years as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC had alleged that Mr. Musk committed fraud by tweeting about a potential buyout of his company.
