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I'm continually surprised the boards and/or the shareholders of his public companies have not sought to rein Elon in.

Even if we accept the commonly-quoted meme that his IQ is in the 150+ range (which I strongly doubt), a person simply can't be an effective CEO/president/whatever of 5+ companies.

I'm no longer a TSLA shareholder but if I were I'd be more than a little peeved that the CEO is so chronically distracted.

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Well after seeing how Twitter is going, and the rumors about how SpaceX and Tesla have learned to “manage” him, it almost seems like the less time Musk spends focused on a company, the more freedom they have to operate successfully. Perhaps it’s a benefit, as the more companies he’s involved in, the less damage he can inflict on any given one.

There's no truer indictment of an executive other than their absence adding more value than their presence.

Reminds me of the stories of Pixar and Steve Jobs. They basically had jobs-specific daily previews, and then a second set of previews so people could get stuff done.

That said, they both had vision.

A company like google or microsoft can easily be thought off as conglomeration of 5 or more companies. Mostly in such cases job of ceo is resource allocation and strategic thinking. If those companies can have a ceo then elon can also try

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