At least for the next 3 years, Tesla is going to need a new Chair: an independent Chair, meaning someone who doesn't work for Tesla — although it could be one of the independent directors who currently serves on the Board.
A few ideas sprang to my mind:
Larry Page? No, Alphabet owns Waymo, which is competing with Tesla. Conflict of interest.
Sam Altman? Elon stepped down from the Board of OpenAI because Tesla is an aspiring AI company and that's a conflict of interest. So, Sam probably wouldn't do it because that would leave OpenAI without a leader.
What about... Richard Branson? Branson seems into big exciting ideas that are technologically ambitious. For instance, he's the Chair of Virgin Hyperloop One. Although Virgin Galactic is a competitor to SpaceX, that might be okay. Arthur Levinson, for example, is the Chair of Apple and the Chair of the Alphabet subsidiary Calico, even though Apple and Google are competitors.
Maybe someone from the auto industry would be a good pick, but those folks tend to be technologically conservative and not savvy with software or AI. As time goes on, AI is going to be increasingly important to Tesla's business model, and traditional auto manufacturing will therefore decrease in relative importance.
Any ideas?
A few ideas sprang to my mind:
Larry Page? No, Alphabet owns Waymo, which is competing with Tesla. Conflict of interest.
Sam Altman? Elon stepped down from the Board of OpenAI because Tesla is an aspiring AI company and that's a conflict of interest. So, Sam probably wouldn't do it because that would leave OpenAI without a leader.
What about... Richard Branson? Branson seems into big exciting ideas that are technologically ambitious. For instance, he's the Chair of Virgin Hyperloop One. Although Virgin Galactic is a competitor to SpaceX, that might be okay. Arthur Levinson, for example, is the Chair of Apple and the Chair of the Alphabet subsidiary Calico, even though Apple and Google are competitors.
Maybe someone from the auto industry would be a good pick, but those folks tend to be technologically conservative and not savvy with software or AI. As time goes on, AI is going to be increasingly important to Tesla's business model, and traditional auto manufacturing will therefore decrease in relative importance.
Any ideas?