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Tesla’s VP of People Passes the Baton

Valerie Capers Workman had a more public-facing role than many other company executives.

Outside the new Tesla South Austin showroom in Texas.

Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg
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This week, my colleague Josh Eidelson and I broke the news that Valerie Capers Workman, Tesla’s vice president of people, has left the company. Workman was the most prominent Black executive at the electric automaker and among a handful of high-ranking women.