Word: ceos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Corp. president doffed his jacket and donned a Men in Black T shirt for his big entrance. "Just a little marketing gimmick," jokes Idei. "But the guests congratulated us." Idei got hoots of approval for Sony Pictures Entertainment's biggest film of the year from the likes of Disney CEO Michael Eisner, Intel boss Andy Grove, Seagram's Edgar Bronfman Jr., Time Warner's Jerry Levin and DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, to name...
Remember the Greek mythological figure Icarus who flew too close to the sun on wings of wax? The modern-day version is Barry Sternlicht, the highflying CEO of Starwood Lodging Trust, which is in a vicious proxy contest this week with Hilton Hotels for control of ITT Corp. By topping Hilton's offer with a $10.2 billion bid for ITT, Sternlicht has thrust himself into what had been a very personal battle between Hilton CEO Stephen Bollenbach and ITT boss Rand Araskog--and thus into the public spotlight. Sternlicht is a Wall Street darling. His stock, including dividends, has soared...
...provocative mix of alternative companies has also entered the fray. Diesel, based in Molvena, Italy, has flogged its $99 jeans with imagery of naked blow-up dolls sitting at a board meeting with an obese ceo. Its U.S. sales have grown from $2 million to $23 million in four years. JNCO, of Los Angeles, considered the progenitor of today's wide-leg craze, has taken off from the backsides of skateboarders to the broader jean community. The company, with industry estimated sales of more than $40 million, has led the industry with styles such as suede chaps and huge...
...violence as a means of breaking the strike, it becomes ironic that they have fired 36 workers in recent weeks for what they term "picket line violations." These include such offenses as "swearing." Last week, after a group of strikers went to a board meeting to ask the CEO about the strike, 15 workers were fired within the hour...
...mention their parents, who attacked life with a single-minded career focus and a no-ties-to-hold-you-back attitude--and ended up with no ties at all. Growing up, Angela Lee had her father's rule of thumb: if a doctor, cure cancer; if a businesswoman, be CEO of a FORTUNE 500 company. After her Harvard graduation, Lee went to Oxford and then was scooped up by McKinsey & Co., the topflight consulting firm. She loved the wardrobe, the dinners at Nobu. But when she looked up and down the halls, she saw "armies of very lonely people...