How valuable is Elon Musk’s ‘charismatic’ leadership? That’s the 56 billion dollar question
- Written by Sverre Spoelstra, Associate professor, Copenhagen Business School, Lund University

Maybe the Tesla directors who agreed to pay Elon Musk US$56 billion were just feeling generous. Or maybe, as the judge who cancelled this “unfathomable” deal suggested, they really were “starry eyed” and swayed by Musk’s “superstar appeal”.
In her ruling, Kathaleen McCormick said those who...