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There's quite an interesting youtube interview / chat with him out recently

'Canoo Tony Aquila Fireside' Chat https://youtu.be/AlTG8S0F_fo

It sounds like he's actually doing quite a good job as CEO. The vid from minute 3 to 7 gives much of his strategy and how he got into it.

He was a billionaire investor with a background in car parts and servicing that looked at 12 or so EV companies to invest in and figured Canoo was the one and then the board asked him to be CEO.

I guess if you are a struggling EV company looking for some billionaire to save you you may have to put up with him using a jet.




Just FYI, the stock is down 99% since he joined as CEO in March 2021.

Some of that is market, but TSLA is -15% since then.




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