• PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    It’s a little more complex than that. He, like, was buying shares, blew past the 5% ownership disclosure point, failed to disclose, was forced to disclose his stake. He was then offered a seat on the board, didn’t like the lack of control, and made a meme offer on the remaining stake to take the company private, tried to pull out, and was forced to buy the company he didn’t want to buy by the board of directors who didn’t want him to buy it.

    He’s the recent Adam Conover interview with the details: https://youtu.be/sxG2Y3E0uEY