Until a new CEO is hired, the company will be led by an interim executive committee chaired by John Elkann. Elkann, the great-great-grandson of Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli, is Stellantis's chairman and the CEO of the automaker's largest shareholder, the Agnelli family investment vehicle Exor NV.

Stellantis stock fell more than 6% Monday.Despite the challenges, Stellantis’s board had given Tavares its unanimous backing to turn the automaker around as recently as October.Since then, his renewed pursuit of cost savings and other efficiencies inflamed already fractious relations with dealers,

While Stellantis stock has fallen sharply in 2024, that wasn’t what led to Sunday’s announcement that CEO Carlos Tavares had resigned.“Our thanks go to Carlos for his years of dedicated service and the role he has played in the creation of Stellantis,