https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/24/tesla-mum-on-replacing-elon-musk-as-chairman.html > Tesla CEO Elon Musk was mum Wednesday when an analyst asked about the search to replace him as chairman of the electric car company. > The Securities and Exchange Commission required Tesla to find a new chairman for the next three years as part of a deal settling civil fraud charges over Musk's Aug. 7 tweets about taking the company private and having "funding secured" at $420 a share.