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by PaywallBuster 856 days ago
big enough shareholders get to place their own board members

you seem to have it backwards:

> Typically, the board chooses one of its members to be the chairman (often now called the "chair" or "chairperson")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors

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https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-steps-down-chair...

Elon Musk, IIRC, was Chairman, Largest Shareholder, and CEO when the deal in question / contract was written.

Elon had a spat with SEC who removed him as chair, but Musk remained largest Shareholders and CEO after that.