Tag: Boards of Directors
Tesla Faces Pressure Campaign From Activist Shareholders
Tesla beat back most proposals by activist investors that sought to pressure the company and its chief executive,…
How Elon Musk and Tesla Helped Make C.E.O Pay Even Richer
While those compensation totals are taken from the company’s financial filings, they are often estimates driven by the…
What Sheryl Sandberg’s Exit Reveals About Women’s Progress in Tech
But many of them encountered difficulties steering aging tech companies. Of those women, only Ms. Catz, Ms. Hood…
Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down From Facebook’s Parent Company, Meta
Ms. Sandberg flirted with leaving Facebook. In 2016, she told colleagues that if Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential…
Even Among Corporate Raiders, Elon Musk Is a Pirate
The history of mergers and acquisitions is filled with ruthless corporate raiders, bruising wars of words and people…
How Twitter’s Board Went From Fighting Elon Musk to Accepting Him
Twitter’s board had reached the end of the road.It was April 24. Ten days earlier, Elon Musk, the…
Instacart’s Pandemic Boom Is Fading
Mr. Mehta told each company that he was talking to one of its biggest competitors, so it had…
Selling Twitter to Elon Musk Is Good for Investors. What About the Public?
Twitter is “the digital town square, where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” a triumphant…
What Is a ‘Poison Pill’ Defense?
On Friday, Twitter countered Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company for more than $43 billion with a…
Twitter Grapples With an Elon Musk Problem
SAN FRANCISCO — Bright and early on Monday, Elon Musk sent the government a surprising new document.In it,…
Elon Musk Will Not Join Twitter’s Board, Company Says
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and the biggest shareholder of Twitter, will no longer join the social…
California Law Requiring Board Diversity Is Struck Down
A California law requiring diversity on corporate boards of directors has been struck down in a blow to…