Quotes

1. Announcing his intentions to pursue certain products through Twitter could be a thing of the past.

2. Musk might think he's Steve Jobs, but he's not.

3. Historically, Tesla has had easy access to capital markets, largely due to the public's perception of Musk as a visionary.

4. If the [board] constitution changes significantly — they add two more directors and ask Musk's brother to leave his post — then they will have a fighting chance to enact meaningful change.

5. The contrast between Tesla and SpaceX should be instructive to Musk.

6. They have to bring in people steeped in manufacturing, someone intimate with automobiles.

7. That would be f'n amazing, pardon my French.

8. Musk has too much of himself wrapped up in the company right now. He's probably not willing to let go of that control. And as he doesn't tolerate dissent very well, he will probably try to destroy anyone that comes in with an agenda other than his.

Topics Mentioned

• Board of Directors
• MDC Partners
• Wall Street
• Harvard
• Tesla
• Ford
• marijuana
• Elon Musk
• UBS
• DOJ
• SEC
• Twitter
• 21st Century Fox

Authors

• Chuck Tannert, Forbes Staff
• Chuck Tannert