Afshar biography

New Delhi: Elon Musk's longtime aide Omead Afshar was in attendance when Tesla's manufacturing executives gathered in Shanghai this January. The gathering was hosted by Tesla's most senior automotive executive, Tom Zhu.

The forum was designed to get the company's global leadership team on the same page about best practices and the rising threat from electric-vehicle makers in China.

According to the people familiar, many employees at Tesla hadn't seen him since 2022, when he transitioned to two of Musk's other companies following an internal investigation that raised concerns about his involvement in a questionable materials purchase at the Texas factory.

He returned to Giga Texas, Tesla's headquarters in Austin, in early 2024 as Musk restructured his leadership team and laid off more than 10% of the company, people familiar with the events said.

The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported that this fall, 37-year-old Afshar was officially promoted to Vice President, taking