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And not just the workers, Elon threatened to take all of Tesla's AI stack to xAI if they didn't give him the 55B pay package.

Most countries' company law has a clause that says if you violate company boundaries like this, they're effectively one company. Otherwise you could use this sort of thing to limit your liability well in excess of intended (the primary purpose of company law is to establish carve-outs in which you can perform business with limited liability).

That’s a good explanation of how Elon is also wrong, I guess, but the NYT or EU is still wrong too.

If the other shareholder are ok with this behavior, than there's nothing wrong with it.

If they complain, it's a very serious crime, he's basically stealing, but if they are don't, than it's not.