Tesla investors are looking the other way on Elon Musk 'red flags'

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Industry figureheads have warned that Elon Musk is “clearly a governance concern” for investors and suggested that Tesla shareholders have “chosen to ignore the ‘G’ in ESG”.

The comments come following a recent return to Twitter form for the often-richest person in the world, who has in the past weeks tanked the share price of his electric vehicle and clean energy company by almost 20%, due to a combination of a poll to determine if he should sell his shares in the firm and a lawsuit with his years of posting at its heart. Elon Musk committed to offloading Tesla shares weeks before Twitter poll On 6 November, Musk asked Twitter whether or not he should sell 10% of his stock in the company, with 57.9% of 3.5m people voting yes, leading to a 16.3% fall in t...