### Comment:
Explain then when he stands as a founder, oh man I really do be getting cancer of this sub 


### REPLY:
Tesla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Musk later became involved after the Series A fund raising in 2004, which he led. The company later considered Musk a co-founder after gaining substantial control and ousting Eberhard. Eberhard sued Musk for trying to claim that Musk himself was a co-founder. In 2009, they settled out of court and there were five “co-founders.”  
  
 Basically a real-life version of the “I made this” meme.

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