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Elon Musk joined Tesla after it was founded

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The mythology of the brilliant, rogue founder takes a hit when court documents get involved. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning actually founded Tesla Motors in 2003. Musk joined a year later with a massive bag of investor cash, eventually ousted the original duo, and famously secured the legal right to call himself a 'co-founder' after a nasty lawsuit.

Elon Musk joined Tesla after it was founded
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