Departing Tesla finance VP says he slept under his desk while the company was under 'deathwatch'

Tesla flirted with bankruptcy several times on its rise to become the world's most valuable automaker.

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• Sendil Palani, Tesla's finance VP, said on Monday that he has left the company.
• Palani said he started his stint at the EV firm sleeping under his desk during a "Tesla Deathwatch" in the late 2000s.
• Tesla came close to bankruptcy in 2008, with Elon Musk saying the company was three days from going bust.