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Onavo 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into ...

> If he wants that level of control he would need to take the company private, and various investor agreements probably prevent this.

Since when was Automatic a public listed company?

gkanai 17 days ago | [–]

It is not. They did take VC funding however, which is when the board and the investor agreements came into force.

angry_octet 17 days ago | [–]

I should have said: establish sole ownership.

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