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The money and drugs that tie Elon Musk to some Tesla directors

The money and drugs that tie Elon Musk to some Tesla directors
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The Wall Street Journal
By Kirsten GrindBoard members at Elon Musk’s electric car maker, Tesla, were facing a dilemma.One longtime director, venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, had left his firm after an internal investigation found he had slept with multiple women in the tech industry and used illegal drugs.Some of the details had been splashed across the press in 2017, and Tesla directors informally discussed how they should handle it, according to people familiar with the situation. Some urged him to resign.Luckily, Jurvetson, even though the company designat...

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