No. The CEO serves at the pleasure of the board and its chairman. They oversee the CEO. The chairmain is Musk. He's also the board. He makes the rules for th

No. The CEO serves at the pleasure of the board and its chairman. They oversee the CEO. The chairmain is Musk. He's also the board. He makes the rules for the CEO. There's a clear agreement between the chairman and the CEO that the CEO's duties are operations and revenue. In this case, the CEO must sell the product(s) that the CTO creates. That is unusual for a CEO (mostly salesperson with OPS role), but not unexpected since she has no background leading a product or even creating one. In all the cases you cited, none of the CEO's reported to 1 single individual that owned any material piece of the company themselves. Therefore you are comparing apples and oranges, Which is why this article is insincere. Its a joke to think that the CEO of X would be like the CEO of every public company out there, when the CEOs role for X has already been stated publicly to be very different.