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by rco8786 915 days ago
I think it's fair to consider a board of directors as people who "work at the company".
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I don’t. Further it’s common for all stockholders to be asked to vote on decisions with 1 vote per share. While it’s true most people have only a trivial number of shares and are therefore largely irrelevant they also don’t have access to non public information.
Most Boards of Directors contain a bunch of representatives of the largest institutional holders and some members hand picked by the CEO.

In Hasbro's case, the Chair of the Board is listed as an employee of the company and was their interim CEO. The rest of board follows what you would expect.

If history is any guide, "work" might be a stretch but "employed by the company", sure. Only half joking.