Elon Musk's Little-Known Right Hand Man

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[Newsthink]

*When Elon eventually steps down as CEO of Tesla, who do you think will succeed him?*

[xSynomical]

"I wanna sleep so much, but the job is so damn interesting"

Get yourself a job where you think like this ladies and gents...

[garligarli]

He succeeded in exponentially increasing production in China, largely due to the resilience of Chinese workers who are capable of enduring long working hours and sacrificing personal time. I wonder if he would be equally successful in managing a factory in western countries.

[jook]

Nice spotlight on Tom Zhu. Elon looked most happy with the Tesla Shanghai team. 😀😀😀

[ILTOMBA]

Seems like a nice and humble guy! Love that type of execs.

[MarsorryIckuatuna]

This is such an awesome story and I’m glad he’s from China. Those guys have super high work ethic! Purely about the job and none of that pompous Ego pumping self promotion!

[liamboyd]

Purely based on experience, the Chinese dudes I have worked with were all super stars, all have crazy strong work ethics and never miss a beat on things

[jasonstupak]

Always enjoy your videos, thanks so much!

[jasontran]

Tom Zhu is humble and hard-working person whom Tesla or any company need for their future

[rlu]

A cool story and Tom Zhu is a blessed man...with work.

I hope somehow, Tesla helps good people like Zhu bring more stability to this upside down world.

[michaelleffler]

Critical thinking, common sense, and compassion. Sounds like someone we all know...

[ev.c]

He wakes up at 6 AM and goes to bed at 12 AM? WTF?!

[nicholasmuni]

Tom Zhu looks like good people, he would be a great candidate to take over for Musk some day.

[seanowens]

If that guy could run for president he'd get my vote!

[takudzwamashamba]

I stay in Shanghai. And I tell you, Teslas are like water here, everywhere you go

[musk-eteer]

Tesla investors owe so much to Tom Zhu.

[jimbaker]

Good for this guy and good for the Chinese work ethic. Well deserved.

[vic-g]

It’s great to learn more about Tom Zhu. I hadn’t heard much about him before, so this was really insightful.

Future Tesla CEO, perhaps?

[proudytfan]

Yeh yah Zhu is a graduate of NEW ZEALANDS Auckland University of Technology (AUT). We are world famous

[jejuislandtrekker]

Very cool! That’s why there is a factory in Shanghai and not in Seoul.