'So very American': Indian-origin Vaibhav Taneja treasurer of Musk's America Party

Indian-origin Vaibhav Taneja was named the treasurer of the America Party successful the paperwork that was filed to make Elon Musk's America Party. After teasing a caller enactment to interruption the two-party strategy of US politics, Elon Musk Sunday announced the instauration of America Party aft his fallout with President Donald Trump and the GOP is present complete.

According to the FEC form, the enactment bureau is astatine 1 Rocker Road, Hawthorne and Elon Musk's sanction is mentioned arsenic the azygous candidate. Vaibhav Taneja is mentioned arsenic the custodian of records and the treasurer and a Texas code is listed arsenic his.

Vaibhav Taneja is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tesla, having assumed the relation successful August 2023 aft the departure of Zach Kirkhorn. An Indian-origin executive, Taneja has played a cardinal relation successful Tesla’s accounting and fiscal operations for respective years.

He joined Tesla successful 2017 done its acquisition of SolarCity, wherever helium was already serving successful a elder concern role.

Before Tesla, Taneja worked astatine PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) successful some India and the United States for astir 17 years. Known for his debased nationalist illustration and dependable absorption style, Taneja has helped oversee Tesla’s fiscal strategies during a clip of accelerated planetary enlargement and accrued scrutiny implicit the company’s margins and performance.

He holds a commerce grade from Delhi University and is simply a certified chartered accountant, making him 1 of the fewer Indian-origin CFOs astatine a large American tech company.

America Party oregon H-1B Party?

The revelations that Vaibhav Taneja made the filing for the caller enactment drew a large backlash from societal media users who called the America Party the H-1B party. Elon Musk has been a large protagonist of the H-1B programme that allows US companies to prosecute foreigners.

Social media users noted that Taneja becoming the treasurer of the 'America Party' makes it a wholly H-1B party.Taneja precocious made headlines arsenic helium earned much than Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai successful 2024. According to reports, helium received a full wage bundle of $139 cardinal successful 2024 arsenic Tesla's CFO. In examination with Taneja, Sundar Pichai earned $10.73 cardinal and Satya Nadella $79.1 million.