Why investors look past Elon’s musk

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

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Elon Musk has had inappropriate relationships with SpaceX employees. Tesla shareholders knew that, and chose to reward him with a massive payday anyway. The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Palazzolo and The Verge’s Andrew Hawkins explain. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Elon Musk welcomed a 12th child into the world earlier this year.
0:04.7	And last week we learned mom is also the mom of his twins
0:08.8	and an executive at one of his companies, Neuralink.
0:11.9	They met at work.
0:14.0	Scandal!
0:16.0	Neurolink currently has zero job openings in HR,
0:20.0	so that relationship must be deemed kosher even if it seems questionable.
0:24.0	Meanwhile, a lawsuit from eight of Elon's former employees at another of his companies,
0:28.6	SpaceX, accuses him of creating a perversely sexist culture.
0:33.6	Elon Musk is running a quote animal house.
0:37.6	SpaceX has 15 openings in HR.
0:40.8	Recently, Tesla's shareholders, Tesla's head of HR quit in May, had an opportunity to send
0:46.4	Elon Musk a message and they said, great job guy. Coming up on today explained, Teflon Elon.
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