Based on the company's bankruptcy filing and interviews with former employees, the demise of Fisker Automotive is rooted in the mismanagement of founder Henrik Fisker, and the lack of proper checks on the company's operations by board members and financial backers. Power at the automaker, which went public in 2020 via a reverse merger, has been concentrated with Fisker and his wife, Geeta Gupta-Fisker, who has experience in general finance and a background in science, but came to assume the responsibilities of a chief operating officer and a decision maker on matters of logistics and even software strategy, quality control and production for which she has no experience. "Geeta's background was well-known to Fisker's investors, business partners and employees following the company's founding and prior to its 2020 public offering," says Fisker spokesman Matthew DeBord.