https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-board-chair-search-elon-musk-james-murdoch/ > Gracias and his venture capital firm Valor Equity Partners were early investors in Tesla, though it sold its interest when Tesla had its IPO. Gracias is also a stakeholder in Musk's other major venture SpaceX, which makes his independence less than clear. > James Murdoch, whose father is Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire chairman of Fox News, is close to stepping down from his CEO position at 21st Century Fox pending its sale to Disney. His post-Fox plans reportedly include starting a technology investment fund. That would seemingly make an appointment to the chairperson's seat at Tesla all the more attractive to the 45-year-old media mogul.