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- A Tesla cofounder said he was out of money and "basically unemployable" after he left the carmaker.
- Martin Eberhard was ousted as CEO of Tesla by Elon Musk and left the company in 2007.
- He went on to work at Volkswagen, as well as several electric-vehicle startups.
You might think one of the founders of Tesla, now one of the most valuable companies in the world, would have been in high demand when he was back on the job market, but Martin Eberhard told Insider he was unemployed and running low on money after he was pushed out as CEO in 2007.