Steve Girsky

Exclusive: Nikola CEO Girsky upbeat despite myriad challenges

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In his career as a Wall Street analyst, an adviser to the United Auto Workers and a vice chairman of...

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Girsky’s goal at Nikola: Don’t ‘screw up the momentum’

Steve Girsky knows Nikola Corp. as well as anyone. He was instrumental in bringing the electric truck and hydrogen distributor public via SPAC, and he chaired the board for a tumultuous two and a half years of federal investigations and setbacks. 

Now, as the company prepares to commercially ship hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks to customers, he has one near-term goal as the third CEO in a year: Don’t “screw up the momentum.”

Girsky gave his first one-on-one interview as CEO to FreightWaves on...

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Nikola adds crisis-tested directors to regain credibility

A series of embarrassing setbacks, including allegations of fraud and deception by its founder, brought electric truck startup Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) crashing to Earth following a stratospheric beginning as a public company.

With Trevor Milton, the high-profile ringmaster of company hype out of the picture, Nikola since Oct. 1 has added three crisis-hardened directors with deep business, management and manufacturing expertise.

“The goal was to bring resources to the board that management can...

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