Tesla fires Musk’s chief of staff who became head of North America and Europe

Electrek
2025.06.26 19:53

Tesla has fired Omead Afshar, its head of operations for North America and Europe, who previously served as Elon Musk's chief of staff. Afshar's career included roles at St. Jude Medical and Abbott before rising to a leadership position at Tesla. His controversial tenure has drawn attention within the company.

Tesla has reportedly fired its head of operations for North America and Europe, a controversial employee who rose to the leadership position after serving as Elon Musk’s chief of staff.

As we previously reported, Omead Afshar had an interesting career trajectory, to say the least.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he studied biomedical engineering at UC Irvine and found himself working at medical equipment manufacturer St. Jude Medical from 2011 to 2017.

Then, he did a short 7-month stint as “Manager, High Voltage Operations and Operations Business Systems” at healthcare giant Abbott in Los Angeles before finding himself working in the “office of the CEO” under Elon Musk.

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