Supervoting Shares Tighten Musk's Iron Grip on SpaceX
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Musk will serve as the company's CEO, chief technical officer, and chairman of its board. He'll also control the election of the board of directors.
Musk controlled 85% of the voting power at SpaceX on May 1, thanks to supervoting Class B shares that give insiders 10 votes for every share, compared with one vote for each Class A share being sold to the public.
The dual-class share structure outlined in SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) filing, which grants CEO Elon Musk outsized control, has revived one of Wall Street’s oldest debates — that of corporate governance. While such structures are hardly ...