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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

‘Shut up, Dan’—Elon Musk snaps at Tesla bull Dan Ives after he demands board take action against the CEO

Former White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Win McNamee—Getty Images)
  • When the Wedbush Securities tech analyst lobbied Tesla’s board to erect guardrails against Elon Musk spending too much time on his political activism, the CEO’s response was immediate and dismissive. The Tesla bull, who believes the $300 stock should be worth twice its price, had previously urged directors to act: “We believe this is a tipping point in the Tesla story.”

If “card-carrying Tesla bull” were a term in the dictionary, a picture of Dan Ives would be next to it. The Wedbush Securities tech analyst never wavers in his conviction that the company is the most undervalued AI play in the market. 

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