Robyn Denholm
Robyn Denholm is the chief operating and financial officer of Telstra Corp, the largest telecom company in Australia. She has served on Tesla’s board of directors since February 2017 following the merger with SolarCity, where she had been appointed to the board in November 2016.
"I am a car enthusiast and am passionate about innovation, so Tesla is the perfect board role for me," she said in an interview in January. "I love being on the Tesla board as it marries many of the things I am passionate about, such as energy and technology." Denholm also said she is on her third Tesla car.
She did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Linda Johnson Rice
Linda Johnson Rice has served on Tesla's board of directors since July 2017. She currently serves as the chief executive of Ebony Media, a magazine and brand that celebrates Black culture, that was founded by her father in 1945.
Johnson came under fire from the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Writers Union when she was appointed to Tesla's board because Ebony allegedly failed to pay freelancers as much as $200,000 that they were owed.
Rice also sits on the board of Chicago-based GrubHub. According to Tesla she is a trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago and a council member of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Rice did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Brad Buss
Brad Buss was the former chief financial officer of Solar City before it was acquired by Tesla in 2016 for $2 billion. He joined Tesla’s board of directors shortly after retiring from the renewable energy unit, in February 2017. Buss owns roughly 13,000 shares of the electric-car maker, worth $4.75 million at Tuesday’s prices.
A native of Canada, Buss also serves on the board of Marvell Technology, a California-based computer storage and semiconductor chip maker.
Buss could not be reached for comment.