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Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson Named to Tesla's Board

posted by martyb on Friday December 28 2018, @10:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the Independent dept.

takyon writes:

Tesla names Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to board after SEC settlement

Tesla named Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to its board on Friday, in compliance with an SEC settlement. The appointments add needed business and human resources expertise to the board — though add to questions about CEO Elon Musk's influence over the board.

Wilson-Thompson is the global head of human resources at Walgreens Boots Alliance and a former executive at Kellogg. Ellison is co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle, and recently disclosed a massive personal stake in Tesla.

[...] A Tesla spokesperson downplayed Ellison and Musk's personal relationship, saying the two had only socialized a handful of times and always in a group setting. The spokesperson said Musk and Ellison had not spoken for about a year leading up to Ellison's appointment to the board.

Also at The Verge.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @11:48PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 28 2018, @11:48PM (#779515)

    by E. Musk.

    Step 1. Make ridiculous Twitter claims and retract them causing a SEC investigation.
    Step 2. Step down from management.
    Step 3. Go on an interview smoking a joint and drinking some whiskey while talking about how you're the smartest guy in the world, that your life project is all about digging tunnels and how we're all living in a simulation.
    Step 4. Settle with SEC to agree on putting the worst possible scum as the new manager for the company.
    Step 5. Wait for the stock to plummet.
    Step 6. Buy!

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  • (Score: 1) by The Vocal Minority on Sunday December 30 2018, @04:30AM (1 child)

    by The Vocal Minority (2765) on Sunday December 30 2018, @04:30AM (#779898) Journal

    Step 3. Go on an interview smoking a joint and drinking some whiskey while talking about how you're the smartest guy in the world, that your life project is all about digging tunnels and how we're all living in a simulation.

    Did you actually watch the interview (and not just some silly summary video of out of context quotes made by someone pushing an agenda)?

    I really liked it. I think it made Musk seem a lot more like an interesting person with some clever and nuanced ideas, and much less like the screaming loon he comes of as in some media reports. The "living in a simulation" stuff though, yeah that's still a bit weird.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday December 30 2018, @05:47AM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday December 30 2018, @05:47AM (#779903) Journal

      The "living in a simulation" stuff though, yeah that's still a bit weird.

      Way too much attention is paid to that scenario when it's just physicists pranking the media.

      But if we do manage to create Matrix-like neural lace VR, then we can talk about it again. Wait, shit, it already exists and I'm part of the simulation. Break out of here, Vocal Minority!

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