https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-new-board-members-oracle-founder-larry-ellison-elon-musk/ Tesla selects Oracle founder as new board member in “home run” appointment December 28, 2018 ... Tesla ... appointment of ... Larry Ellison and Walgreens ... Kathleen Wilson-Thompson as the newest members of its board of directors ... Larry was “Elon” before Elon was Elon. Or maybe Elon is the new Larry ... previously served on the board of Apple from 1997-2002, where he worked with Steve Jobs, one of his closest friends ... https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Kathleen-Wilson-Thompson-493x617.jpg
https://www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-oracle-founder-larry-ellison-2017-1 The rise of Larry Ellison, the jet-setting 74-year-old billionaire founder of Oracle who just joined Tesla's board of directors 2018-12-28 ... his adoptive father, was a Russian immigrant who took the name "Ellison" in tribute to the place in which he entered the US: Ellis Island ... Steve Jobs ... in 1997, he asked Ellison to sit on the board. Ellison stuck around for a while but felt that he couldn't devote the time ... Ellison has other ventures outside Oracle, too — he just joined the board of directors at Tesla, where he's been a major investor. Earlier in 2018, Ellison described Tesla CEO Elon Musk as a "close friend," and defended him from critics. Not all of Ellison's side-projects have worked out, though ... Ellison is still actively engaged with Oracle ... he's still very much the face of the company, helping guide it through these choppy waters ... https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Ellison https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teslas-addition-of-larry-ellison-to-board-is-a-home-run-appointment-analyst-says-2018-12-28?mod=hp_minor_pos20 Tesla wins plaudits for slotting Larry Ellison onto its board, but its problems won’t magically vanish Dec 28, 2018 Critics are concerned that the Oracle co-founder’s friendship with Elon Musk and his large stake in Tesla may create a conflict of interest ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
