Former Twitter Chairman Omid Kordestani sued the social media firm, claiming that billionaire proprietor Elon Musk is refusing to money out greater than $20 million value of shares he’s owed.
Kordestani served as the corporate’s govt chairman from 2015 to 2020 and stayed on the board for 2 extra years, till Musk purchased the platform for $44 billion. He stated within the criticism that the majority of his compensation was inventory, which he says Musk is refusing to pay out.
Legal professionals for the previous chairman declare that X Corp., as Musk renamed the corporate, is in search of to “reap the advantages of Mr. Kordestani’s seven years of service to Twitter with out paying him for it.”
The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court docket in San Francisco, is the newest in a collection of authorized actions taken in opposition to Musk by former leaders at Twitter since he took over. In March, 4 ex-executives sued Musk for allegedly withholding greater than $128 million in severance funds after they have been ousted from the corporate.
X declined to remark.
Earlier than his time at Twitter, Kordestani was a longtime enterprise chief at Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
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