Yeah, it's basically tenure. And while you can argue against tenure in various circumstances, it does provide intellectual/strategic freedom and that allows som

Yeah, it's basically tenure. And while you can argue against tenure in various circumstances, it does provide intellectual/strategic freedom and that allows someone to take bets they otherwise couldn't. Whether that's a good thing is up to the investor buying the shares. And while tenure at public elementary schools could be up for debate, getting tenure at an organization you founded seems reasonable. You created the institution, your values are its values. That's kind of the point of tenure, it's like a marriage. It's saying "we believe in each others values, so let's stop asking whether we're going to have a relationship and just see how the relationship evolves."