A Tesla board member was ousted from his venture capital firm amid sexual harassment allegations — now there are calls for him to be booted from the automaker too (TSLA)
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- Steve Jurvetson, a member of Tesla's board since 2009, has been on a leave of absence for six months.
- Proxy firm Glass Lewis is advising shareholders to boot him from his position due to the absence.
- There is also pressure from investors to remove the board's director, as well as CEO Elon Musk's brother.
- Follow Tesla's stock price in real-time here.
Board seats are set to be a hot topic of discussion when Tesla shareholders vote at the company’s annual meeting next month.
Ahead of the meeting, a prominent shareholder advisory firm is urging investors to remove Steve Jurvetson from his position on the board, which has been absent since November 2017 when sexual misconduct allegations led him to resign as managing director of his venture capital firm, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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