Why Elon Musk is breaking up with Delaware – Financial Times
A Delaware court recently struck down Elon Musks $56 billion Tesla pay package. Soon after, Musk took to his social network X and offered some advice: Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware. But will anyone take it? The FTs Wall Street editor Sujeet Indap explains how Delaware became the favourite place for big companies to incorporate and why thats unlikely to change.
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Why Elon Musk is breaking up with Delaware - Financial Times
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