TSLA - TESLA CHAIR DENIES PLANS TO LOOK FOR NEW CEO TO REPLACE MUSK Robyn Denholm, the board chair of Tesla, has denied a Wall Street Journal report that said board members have reached out to several executive search firms to facilitate finding the next CEO for the company. Denholm says the report is "absolutely false" and said that the EV maker's board is "highly confident" in Musk's ability to "continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead."