Greenlight’s alleged former head of macro is hoping to get at least $5 million from David Einhorn, claiming age discrimination

He states the firm’s chief compliance officer Steve Rosen told him in 2022 to stop speaking publicly about politics and that Einhorn once told him former President Donald Trump should be in prison. Einhorn this year has donated to Nikki Haley’s failed primary campaign as well as one-time Democratic challenger Dean Phillips, records show.

However, Fishback’s main claim that Greenlight’s culture around employees’ political views was “toxic” centers not on a candidate or party but instead on an executive. His suit states in a footnote that the firm’s Manhattan office had a picture of Tesla founder Elon Musk in it with the word “fraud” written underneath him.

It’s unclear why Fishback would consider this political, as Einhorn has publicly criticized Musk and Tesla for financial reasons, not political ones. Fishback, though, has made it clear he is personally a big fan of Musk and Tesla, saying on Twitter that it’s the largest position in his personal portfolio.

“I pulled every penny I had invested in Greenlight and put it in Tesla,” Fishback wrote on Twitter in September.