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Elon Musk Decides Not to Join Twitter Board

April 11, 2022 by Fourth Estate®

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has recently become the largest stakeholder in Twitter, has decided not to join the company’s board. “Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he …

Elon Musk to Join Twitter’s Board

April 5, 2022 by Fourth Estate®

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Elon Musk will join Twitter’s board of directors after buying a 9.2 percent stake in the social media company and becoming its largest shareholder. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring …

University of Minnesota Welcomes Four New Members to Its Board of Regents

April 8, 2021 by Fourth Estate®

A doctor, engineer, farmer and current student will join University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents in May to oversee its cost of tuition alongside the school’s $4 million budget. The new regents will face a $150 million shortfall for the …

UAE Stock Exchange Listed Companies Must Have at Least One Woman on Boards of Directors

March 16, 2021 by Fourth Estate®

The UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has now required listed companies in the Gulf state to have at least one woman on their board of directors, on Sunday. The SCA said that the decision comes “in the context of …

Disney Names Bergman as New Studios Content’s Chairman

December 22, 2020 by Fourth Estate®

Walt Disney announced on Monday afternoon that it had named Alan Bergman as the new chairman of its Disney Studios Content division to verse its famed movie studios including Marvel, Searchlight Pictures, Lucasfilm and Pixar.

Starbucks Names New Head of Board

December 10, 2020 by Fourth Estate®

Coffee chain Starbucks named on Wednesday afternoon Vice Chair Mellody Hobson as the new head of the company’s board, making her the only African American woman to chair a Fortune 500 firm in the United States. Hobson takes over as non-executive chair from Myron Ullman, who will retire in March 2021.

Peter Thiel Joins Board of AbCellera Biologics

November 20, 2020 by Fourth Estate®

Canadian antibody therapy developer AbCellera Biologics announced on Thursday afternoon that venture capitalist and Paypal founder Peter Thiel has joined the company’s board of directors, in a move aimed at increasing its revenues before the second quarter of 2021.