Factbox-U.S. business leaders who lost their jobs over personal relationships
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FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. REUTER
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(Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc CEO Elon Musk and an executive at one of his companies had twins last year, Business Insider reported this week, citing court records.
It is unclear whether the revelation about the relationship will affect Musk’s position at any of his companies. Musk did not respond to Reuters’ request for comments.
Several high profile leaders of U.S. companies have made headlines in recent years over relationships with employees. Below is a list of some of them:
Leader Company Year Details
Vince McMahon WWE 2022 Steps down
following
allegations
of a secret
$3 million
settlement
to hide
affair with
employee.
Jeff Zucker CNN 2022 Resigns
citing
failure to
disclose a
consensual
relationshi
p with a
colleague
Steve McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) 2019 Dismissed
Easterbrook Corp over
employee
relationshi
p that
board found
“demonstrat
ed poor
judgment.”
[https://reut.rs/3yriH5Q
]
Brian Krzanich Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) 2018 Resigns
after
investigati
on found
relationshi
p with
employee,
in breach
of company
policy [https://reut.rs/3NPdTgy
]
