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Ryan Mac

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324 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

But he was able to rescue that company by merging it with, at the time, his AI company, XAI.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And so even though that company has not been a financial success, he's been able to bury that within his AI company, which on paper was quite the success in terms of raising money.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

You are, because if you were an investor in his Twitter takeover, you now presumably hold SpaceX shares.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

So you're doing quite well for yourself.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And so you think about risk...

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And you think about accountability for someone like Elon Musk and the rules of the game are just completely different.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

Because with most public companies, public CEOs are accountable to their shareholders.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

These shareholders have votes.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And if a company doesn't do well, they can vote against their CEO or pressure the board to take action against the CEO.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

Or in some cases, file shareholder lawsuits if they believe something untoward has been done by the CEO or other executives.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

Right.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And what Elon Musk has done in this case at SpaceX is remove a lot of the levers for accountability.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

I look at the amount of power he has in the company.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

He has instituted what we call super voting shares, where the shares he holds have, in this case, 10 to one votes compared to your average share.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

He has almost 85% of the voting control in the company.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

He has this incredible super majority where he essentially has unchallenged power.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

He controls the board.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

He has appointed friends and associates to the board.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

And essentially, he gets to rule the company without any challenge.

The Daily
How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

Right.