Solar Exec Shuffle: SunPower, National Semiconductor

Written by Jennifer Kho

The greentech industry appears to be undergoing a round of corporate shuffle, according to several announcements about new executives in the last week.

In perhaps the most talked-about change, Tesla Motors last week switched out its chief executive, Ze'ev Drori, for the company chairman, PayPal [a division of eBay (EBAY Quote)] founder and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

While personnel changes and new hires are nothing new, this current crop of announcements seems heavier than usual. Could the increase be a sign of things to come as companies position themselves to succeed in a weakened economy? ...