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Maybe he was going to fail the background check? But that is curious.

• ajross 5y ago
  You don't "fail" a background check at that level. They get whatever info is in it and decide on what to do about it, I guess. But the decision as to whether to put a 9% shareholder on the board or not is clearly not going to be left to random bureaucratic process. And let's be honest: if the world's richest man had dirt in his past that a mere "background check" would turn up, we'd clearly already know about it.
  • wmf 5y ago
    The "dirt" is that Elon is a massive troll who flaunts SEC regulations on the regular.
  • rootsudo 5y ago
    Yeah, I just thought it was ironic at that point that a background check is needed for really paramount people. But it makes sense - it's probably some regulation requirement / sec one to verify conflict of interests. "And let's be honest: if the world's richest man had dirt in his past that a mere "background check" would turn up, we'd clearly already know about it. " Exactly. I just find it laudable there's an established process to bring someone on the board and it involves a background check!
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