The shareholders are more or less willing hostages. If Elon leaves they lose 80% of their money. But there's another whole dimension to the problem: nobody will

The shareholders are more or less willing hostages. If Elon leaves they lose 80% of their money. But there's another whole dimension to the problem: nobody will take the job until the stock price collapses. Any replacement for Elon will get the blame if they come in too soon.