James Murdoch

James Murdoch

Board Member at Tesla
Company Tenure: 6 years
Education:
University of Guelph (Undergrad)
Biography:

James Murdoch has been a member of the Board since July 2017. Since March 2019, Mr. Murdoch has been the Chief Executive Officer of Lupa Systems, a private investment company that he founded. Previously, Mr. Murdoch held a number of leadership roles at Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21CF”), a media company, over two decades, including its Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to March 2019, its Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2014 to 2015, its Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International from 2011 to 2014 and its Chairman and Chief Executive, Europe and Asia from 2007 to 2011. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sky plc from 2003 to 2007, and as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STAR Group Limited, a subsidiary of 21CF, from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Murdoch also formerly served on the boards of News Corporation from 2013 to July 2020, of 21CF from 2017 to 2019, of Sky plc from 2016 to 2018, of GlaxoSmithKline plc from 2009 to 2012 and of Sotheby’s from 2010 to 2012.

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Republican Support
Democratic Support
$51,000 $1,440,651

Affiliated Companies

Tesla

Tesla

Key Statements

"And I think number one, there's a bunch of things going on there in terms of you have the broad diversity issue and inclusion issue and then you have the kind of me Too sort of harassment abuse kind of issue. And they're similar, I guess they're related, but they are kind of different. I think number one is we have to do the best job we can around making sure that when we're hiring, particularly in the creative side of the business, where you don't have as many female or people of color directing shows and so on and so forth, that we just have to make some frankly, we just have to make some rules."

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