Corporate governance experts say the electric-car maker’s directors may need to rein in the chief executive, with whom many have personal ties.
Firing people. Talking of bankruptcy. Telling workers to be “hard core.” Mr. Musk has repeatedly used those tactics at many of his companies.
Musk, Bezos, Bankman-Fried, Trump: some of our most prominent billionaires laid waste to their carefully cultivated image as benevolent saviors.
A shareholder is asking the court to void a 2018 compensation package that has paid the chief executive nearly $50 billion.
The electric carmaker is growing fast but investors are worried that sales are starting to slow because of higher prices and interest rates.
La manera en la que el magnate ha manejado Tesla revela una disfunción detrás de la capa de tecnofuturismo y éxitos bursátiles del pasado.
His long list of unfulfilled commitments wildly exceeds his achievements.
His long list of unfulfilled commitments wildly exceeds his achievements.
The regulator questioned whether the Tesla chief executive had disclosed his stake at the right time.
El dinero no puede comprar admiración, pero sí puede comprar poder político.
Technology titans are missing that old adulation.
Production problems in China and Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter are leading investors to wonder whether the electric car company is worth as much as they thought.
The chief executive’s debt load, his divided attention and Twitter’s own challenges could all take a toll on his electric-car company.
To a degree unseen in any other mogul, the world’s richest man acts on impulse and the belief that he is absolutely right.
His products are good for customers and good for the world.
Tesla is highly traded, and Elon Musk’s sale of more than $16 billion worth of stock last year did not appear to push share prices lower.
Tesla is highly traded, and Elon Musk’s sale of more than $16 billion worth of stock last year did not appear to push share prices lower.
Mr. Musk has been building a stake in the social media company and last week made an unsolicited offer to acquire it outright.
The company is plugging $30 million into a start-up co-founded by one of Silicon Valley’s favorite scientists.
The 2018 tweet, in which Mr. Musk claimed he had secured funding to take Tesla private, initially sent the automaker’s shares soaring. But they sank when it became clear that no such deal had been reached.