Elon Musk and Tesla have "outmaneuvered" the SEC, Jeff Sonnenfeld says

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Elon Musk speaks at the International Astronaut Congress on September 29, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Musk describes the long-term technical challenges that need to be addressed to support the establishment of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars.

In September, Tesla and CEO Elon Musk agreed to appoint a new chairman and two independent board members after the SEC accused Musk of misleading investors with a tweet to take the company private at $ 420 per share.

Sonnenfeld called Ellison, co-founder and leader of Oracle, a "clone" of Musk.

"He is a genius, knows technology, self-made guy and very articulated," he said at "Closing Bell."

"But he's a pretty angry guy. Hair trigger sensitivity to criticism, love to lash out on analysts," he added.

In October, Ellison said he is "very close to Elon Musk's friends" and has disappeared the CEO against ongoing criticism of his conduct. In addition to the take-private tweet, Musk seemed to smoke a podcast in September.

Ellison is also a very large investor in Tesla. He owns 3 million shares in his stock, according to a spokesman for the company.

Sonnenfeld said Musk "has brilliantly minted" SEC "by picking someone who can really run the cover for him, he protects. This is not a guy who is going to push to confirm tweets."

When he became asked for comment on Sonnenfeld's remarks, referred a Tesla spokesman to other analyst comments, such as Wedbush Securities Dan Ives. On Friday, Ives called the agreements a "big step forward."

Ellison "could help channel Musk's energy and passion into positive advances, thus moving further away from" going private tweetstorm "from a few months ago, which continues to be a prolonged overhang on the name," Ives wrote in a note to clients.

Oracle did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Friday's Tesla shares closed 5.6 percent higher.

– CNBC's Sara Salinas and Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.