Tesla Adds Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson as Board Directors

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:24 PM UTC

geofft wrote: post #132

sokoloff wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The contemporary competitors to the US with different economic fundamentals (China and the USSR primarily) also experienced/inflicted slavery, immoral behavior, and industrial progress, yet they didn't see nearly the same level of economic or societal development for the overwhelmingly vast majority of their population over their time of heavy-handed central planning economics. If you knew you'd be assigned at birth…

How much of this is simply that capitalism is more efficient at producing weapons of war, and the US was able to force the USSR and China to spend significant resources on defense?

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:30 PM UTC

stevehawk wrote: post #35

azhenley wrote: post #16

A lot of people seem negative about this. Can someone explain why? Are there any implications I should expect (as a Tesla owner and stockholder)?

Well, it's sort of weird. He's never really been involved in a company that manufactures, i don't believe. Plus his legacy is that of maximizing licensing fees which isn't really in Tesla's wheelhouse given their history of opening patents. Maybe he's being brought in to fight the right to repair and help lock down Tesla's to maximize some sort of dealer /service model? Or maybe this is some sort of long play to get…

Post by cmurf » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:34 PM UTC

Post by malmsteen » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:44 PM UTC

tsomctl wrote: post #5

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Post by rossdavidh » Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 6:47 PM UTC

gaius wrote: post #68

rossdavidh wrote: post #48

After his failure, as virtually the only Theranos board member with a high-tech background, to provide any good advice on tech development to Elizabeth Holmes, this seemed incredible to me. Then, I read this in the statement: "Larry is also a big believer in Tesla’s mission, having purchased 3 million shares earlier this year." So, Musk was required to introduce more outside independence to his board, per agreement w…

Both Ellison and Musk are vying for the position of “real life Tony Stark”, I will wager in the next year they will have a major falling out.