Billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison and former Kellogg executive Kathleen Wilson-Thompson are joining the company’s board of directors, Tesla announced Friday.
Tesla is Ellison’s second-largest investment as of October, Ellison said then. Ellison owns three million shares in the company, according to the announcement. He also said that he and Musk are close friends. Wilson-Thompson spent 17 years as an executive at the Kellogg Company, and currently serves as the executive vice president and global chief human resources officer of the Walgreens Boots Alliance, the holding company that sits above Walgreens.
Tesla was required to add two new independent board members as part of the settlement Elon Musk and the company signed with the...