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Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Joins Elon Musk’s America Party Leadership

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Business Honor - Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Joins America Party Leadership

Business Honor
11 July, 2025

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja named Treasurer of Musk’s new political group, the America Party

Vaibhav Taneja is the Chief Financial Officer of Tesla who has stepped into a major political role in becoming a central figure in Elon Musk’s newly launched third-party initiative called the America Party (AMEP). According to a recent filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Taneja has been officially listed as both the Treasurer and Custodian of Records for the new political group.

This decision shows how much Musk trusts Taneja who has played an important part in overseeing Tesla's financial operations. Since August 2023 he has been serving as Tesla's Chief Financial Officer. Since 2019, he has also served as the company's chief accountant. After a lengthy career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and a brief spell at SolarCity, Taneja, who is based in Austin Texas, has been employed with Tesla for almost eight years, advancing through the ranks steadily.

Taneja is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and chartered accountant from India. Delhi University awarded him a Bachelor of Commerce degree. His financial skills include U.S. GAAP reporting, SEC compliance, IPO preparation, internal controls and tight interaction with executive leadership on complicated financial matters.

Now, in his role with the America Party, Taneja will be responsible for handling campaign contributions, regulatory filings and safeguarding compliance with election finance laws. His new responsibilities extend his financial oversight beyond the corporate world into the political arena. Elon Musk founded the America Party in reaction to what he described as a dysfunctional two-party system. Taneja is one of the trusted insiders Musk has started to assemble to steer his political aspirations after his feud with Donald Trump. Taneja's twin positions at Tesla and AMEP indicate that he will be important in determining not only commercial plans but also the political movement's financial base.