Tesla (TSLA) Chairperson Robyn Denholm issued a letter of gratitude for the overwhelming support the board received at the company’s annual meeting last week.
Denholm said the resounding approval of Proposals One (election of directors), Three (employee stock awards), and Four (Elon Musk’s compensation package) sends an unmistakable message that shareholders support the vision embodied by Master Plan Part IV and want the board to keep steering Tesla (TSLA) toward the extraordinary future it expects.
Excerpts from the letter are below:
“You chose to back the people who have been in the room since the earliest days, fighting for the mission that first brought us all together—a better world for humanity.”
“Your vote was about much more than governance of a company—it was a vote of confidence in our visionary leader, Elon. You looked past the noise and reaffirmed your belief in a trailblazer who has turned Tesla into one of the most valuable companies in history and who continues to push humanity closer to a future of sustainable abundance for all.:
“The Board could not be more excited for what comes next, and, as Elon also said on Thursday, this is not a new chapter for Tesla but a whole new book. The age of autonomy is no longer approaching—it is here. With transformative technologies such as Robotaxi and Optimus, we are bringing AI into the physical world.”
“We are on the cusp of what could be the largest value-creation event in Tesla’s history, and quite possibly in the history of humanity.”
Denholm has been the chair of Tesla (TSLA) since November 2018, succeeding Elon Musk in that role after serving as an independent director and chair of the audit committee since 2014. Born in 1963 in Sydney, Denholm began her career at Arthur Andersen before holding senior finance roles at Toyota Australia, Sun Microsystems, and Juniper Networks, where she became chief financial officer.