Omead Afshar, a longtime Elon Musk loyalist, takes the wheel at Tesla

Omead Afshar, a longtime Elon Musk loyalist, takes the wheel at Tesla

Tim Bouckley for BIAs thousands of employees prepared to move into Tesla's new Gigafactory outside Austin, Omead Afshar had to decide what kind of coffee they were going to drink.Afshar, then operating as a chief of staff for CEO Elon Musk, was overseeing the construction of one of the largest vehicle-manufacturing facilities in the world. He approached picking which beans to brew in the break rooms with the same rigor he applied to more-consequ…