There is probably a reason why we hear very little about the political opinions of most Megacorp CEOs on a daily basis.
I'm sure I would agree with some of them and disagree with others but they are smart enough to not make that a center piece of their public persona.
Elon Musk decided on his own to
a) be a central marketing and PR channel of Tesla. He has everyone convinced that the company cannot thrive otherwise.
b) involve himself in hot button political discussions all around the globe (usually in a "hot-take-no-need-for-further-reasearch" manner).
c) buy a social media company while publicly lamenting the state of social media. At said social media he (again very publicly) instituted changes to align it with his political philosophy.
Whether one likes or dislikes his opinions, it is very clear that he wants to be seen as some kind of political influencer and that he bases some of his business decisions on this persona.
This is quite unusual and probably the sole reason people even think about the "frontmann" of the company when discussing the product
It's funny though because before Elon CEOs were hated just as much. Mostly because they are all bucketed together as too rich, too much control and not being as open in communication on decisions.
Now a new CEO disrupts (part of) that , and everyone hates him even more. Mostly because they just disagree with his comments.
It's very strange tbh. Should we be encouraging the transparency in CEO outspokenness regardless if you agree or not?
I'm sure I would agree with some of them and disagree with others but they are smart enough to not make that a center piece of their public persona.
Elon Musk decided on his own to
a) be a central marketing and PR channel of Tesla. He has everyone convinced that the company cannot thrive otherwise.
b) involve himself in hot button political discussions all around the globe (usually in a "hot-take-no-need-for-further-reasearch" manner).
c) buy a social media company while publicly lamenting the state of social media. At said social media he (again very publicly) instituted changes to align it with his political philosophy.
Whether one likes or dislikes his opinions, it is very clear that he wants to be seen as some kind of political influencer and that he bases some of his business decisions on this persona.
This is quite unusual and probably the sole reason people even think about the "frontmann" of the company when discussing the product