People keep forgetting these companies are not run by one or two people anymore but a whole board of directors,,, each with their own advisors.
I would sincerely argue that Tesla is mostly run by Elon Musk. He does have all kinds of personnel, that is beyond doubt, but he has unlimited influence and power within the company. He also holds an usual high amount of shares at that stage and valuation of a company as he never sold any, at least he claimed that, but instead bought even more. I think for Tesla it is the case that it is mostly about Musk. Not only in public, but in reality.
You do not need to argue, you just need to look at the facts from
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/052616/top-4-tesla-shareholders-tsla.asp1. He did not found Tesla.
2. Yes, he leads it, but he does not have unlimited power/influence
3. He has over 20% total stock but that is not even 1/5 and nowhere close to simple majority.
4. His salary even is approved by BoD.