Ross Gerber takes credit for helping Elon Musk in the thick of it.
The Tesla investor was one of Musk’s earliest supporters, and among the few who poured big money into the car company before it became one of the most popular stocks on Wall Street and among retail investors.
That paid off through 2021, when Tesla shares reached an all-time high and made Gerber a “fortune,” he said in a previous interview with CNBC.
However, the honeymoon appears to be over — and Gerber says he’s now on the verge of turning his back on the pioneering electric carmaker.
The Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management CEO — who frequently takes to the airwaves to deliver what these days is often scathing commentary about Tesla and Musk — says he now gets calls every day from his clients, who ask him to sell Tesla stock from their portfolios.
Many of them say they “want nothing to do with Elon,” he told Business Insider, largely due to the Tesla…
