Overview
- Jegannathan confirmed his exit in a LinkedIn post after roughly 13 years at Tesla, where his most recent role was vice president of IT, AI infrastructure, business applications and information security.
- He was assigned in 2025 to run North American sales and service following Troy Jones’s departure, and colleagues say he pushed AI tools into sales and service workflows.
- People familiar with the matter told reporters he had not been active on Tesla’s internal systems since late January and had stepped back from close work with the sales team for months.
- Tesla is reorganizing sales leadership, with Bloomberg reporting that EMEA vice president Joe Ward has been tapped to oversee global sales, service and delivery.
- The exit adds to senior turnover as Tesla faces weakening demand, with 2025 deliveries down 9% to 1.64 million, quarterly deliveries down 16% year over year, revenue down 3%, and BYD overtaking it as the top EV seller.