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Tesla launched its insurance product in 2019
  • A low-key US asset manager bet on Tesla back in 2011 – and now the stock has surged nearly 15,000% since then. 
  • Jennison Associates' gamble was all thanks to a 27-year old analyst, Owuraka Koney. 
  • "When I look at Tesla today, I'm no longer worried about survival. It's just a question of how successful they will be," Koney told Bloomberg.

A secretive US asset manager bet big on Tesla back in 2011 when a 27-year old analyst saw the EV maker's potential – and now its stock is up nearly 15,000% since then.