Dear chairman
Subtitle: boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism
By: Jeff Gramm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper Business
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780062369833
Subjects: Investor relations; Corporations; Stockholders; Corporate governance; History
Description: A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Benjamin Graham versus Northern Pipeline: the birth of modern shareholder activism; title: Robert Young versus New York Central: The proxyteers storm the Vanderbilt line; title: Warren Buffett and American Express: the great salad oil swindle; title: Carl Icahn versus Phillips Petroleum: the rise and fall of the corporate raiders; title: Ross Perot versus General Motors: the unmaking of the modern corporation; title: Karla Scherer versus R.P. Scherer: a kingdom in a capsule; title: Daniel Loeb and hedge fund activism: the shame game; title: BKF Capital: the corrosion of conformity.