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laughing_manyesterday at 9:17 PM1 replyview on HN

Not at all. Ownership and voting rights are two different things. Musk can't, for example, declare a dividend that pays his shares out more than the common shares.


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kasey_junkyesterday at 9:26 PM

He absolutely can, but would expect to be sued in court. In Texas, where we don’t know what shareholder protections exist because the case law is so immature compared to Delaware.

But Texas is making a push very specifically around giving less shareholder protections.

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