https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/tesla-shareholders-elect-former-cto-co-founder-jb-straubel-to-board/ > JB Straubel is officially back at Tesla — this time as a board member. > The former Tesla CTO and co-founder was elected by shareholders Tuesday as an independent board of director. A crowd of Tesla shareholders, who were at the company’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin for the event, cheered when the initial results were read and Straubel was officially declared its newest board member.