Potent Musk

As a chief shareholder of these companies, Elon Musk sets the vision and decides what they’re going to do. It’s not a vote of the workers.

It’s the fact that Elon has invested the capital in these ventures, often at great personal financial risk, and that his decisiions have, so far, paid off, that he gets to call the shots and reap a lion’s share of the rewards, assuming there are any.