> The board at Tesla is basically Elon’s buddies. There is no oversight or independence there, they do what he wants.

This is true at most companies with a competent CEO.

My uncle had an inimical board that tried to remove him, but he somehow replaced them all one by one before they could. Needless to say he replaced them with people who didn't want to remove him ("buddies"; but what kind of a leader surrounds himself with people that want him to fail?). He's never told me how he did that despite my asking several times.