Sentences with phrase «seats on the board»

Merrill and Beck had some experience with the video game business — in college they had helped raise money for another startup game studio, persuading their fathers and others to invest, and earned observer seats on the board.

«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»

At 17, Rosemary was even younger than her niece when she took a seat on the board of the holding company that in turn owned Cara Operations.

Women make up a quarter of his eight - member executive leadership team and account for four of 10 seats on the board of directors.

P&G is in the crosshairs of activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, which — with its roughly $ 3 billion stake in the consumer goods giant — is waging the biggest proxy fight in history for a seat on its board.

The former global operations CIO at Barclays landed on our 40 Under 40 list last year for his impressive background, quick achievements as CIO of Nike, and his advocacy and influence in the gay community (Watson is out, and was the first non-U.S. citizen to score a seat on the board of GLAAD).

All but one of the Academy's 15 branches are represented by three seats on the board.

The Sharpie maker's agreement with Starboard comes with an assist from another activist investor, billionaire Carl Icahn, who will give up two of his four seats on the board.

With James taking a seat on the board, Oracle (ORCL) now has 13 directors, the company said on Wednesday.

No sooner had the provincial government appointed Belkin to a vacant seat on the board in December than he was elected chair, replacing interim chair Alice Laberge.

Well, according to the Meredith release, the Kochs will not have a seat on the board and «will have no influence on Meredith's editorial or managerial operations.»

AllianceBernstein is also taking an undisclosed minority stake in Algomi and a seat on the board.

But let me tell you, when you get on the phone to try to convince a women to take a seat on a board, you have to take a vitamin and make sure you're feeling great, because the questions you have to go through!

And note that our major investors will have included in their agreements full involvement in the spending decisions regarding all their investment capital, and our larger investors will each have a seat on the Board of Directors.

Keep in mind that once you choose a firm and raise those funds, that VC will probably get a permanent seat on your board of advisors.

This year, Monteiro expects to see more minority board takeovers, where dissidents seek to capture a few seats on a board, not pull off an entire takeover.

Icahn launched a successful proxy fight and secured seats on the board for himself and two others, putting Antioco on the defensive over his strategies for growth.

Both will want shares and usually a seat on the board.

When he is denied a seat on the board, Biglari initiates a proxy fight in an attempt to win a board position and change the direction of Cracker Barrel's strategy.

CEOs need to be devising strategy, working with board members, energizing organizations, and dealing with shareholders, but most leaders are ill prepared to handle an activist shareholder who comes at the company with a proxy fight and wins seats on the board.

It is also a major player in real estate, with a stake in the Related Companies, a seat on the board of Blackstone Group's real estate funds and a property portfolio spanning Europe and the U.S. Come May, it will own a new trophy: the Sony Building at 550 Madison Avenue.

Validation of Ollie's strategy came very early on when longtime industry veteran Steve Marton took a seat on its board.

Giving three extra seats on the board to the CEO was certainly founder friendly; that the expansion happened at the same time Uber accepted a $ 3.5 billion investment from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which came with a board seat, suggests Benchmark viewed the board expansion as a way to protect its own interests and influence as well.

Queen City showdown pits billionaire activist investor against P&G management for seat on board of Dow stalwart

Seats on the boards of technology companies come with prestige and a big paycheck for women.

Sokol will take a seat on the board of BYD as a non-executive director.

The sale of Garantia was a blow to Lemann, but it left him with cash to invest, so he started buying shares in Gillette, the razor manufacturer, and won a seat on the board.

Thiel became the first outside investor in Facebook; he retains a share in the business, currently worth some $ 200 million, and a seat on the board.

Everyone agrees Moonves should be the CEO of the merged company, but Redstone also wants Viacom CEO Bob Bakish to be Moonves's second in command and get a seat on the board.

And in Silicon Valley, Icahn pounded on Yahoo's door a few years ago until the company granted him a seat on the board.

Cathay, the Hong Kong - based carrier controlled by the Swire conglomerate, said in a stock exchange filing that Ivan Chu, a three - decade veteran of Swire, would step aside as chief executive but would retain a seat on the board.

He will be replaced as chief executive of Cathay Pacific but will retain a seat on the board.

Andreessen Horowitz has eight general partners — eight guys who make the investment decisions and take seats on the boards of the startups they fund.

Finally, because investors often take a seat on the board of the companies they invest in thus becoming a director, these investors will require the coverage be purchased in order to protect their personal assets and the assets of the investment fund they represent and invest through.

The company is in the process of looking for a new CEO who could guide its global strategy, but that search has been complicated by Uber investors clashing over whether to force Kalanick to forfeit his seat on the board.

And indeed, Kalanick, even after his removal in June, retained his seat on the board of directors and has even told some that he wanted to eventually return to the top role, even though he was ousted from his job by top investors.

Moreover, four out of seven seats on the Board of Governors remain vacant, including the vice chairman.

Mt. Gox has been showing a blank website after clearing its Twitter clean and after it resigned its seat on the board of directors of Bitcoin Foundation.

At Harvard nearly half the seats on the Board of Overseers had been filled by clergy; by 1894 those fifteen had been reduced to one.

Seeking an «evergreen path» to growth while still protecting its mission, Revive Kombucha gave a seat on its board of directors to a top executive at Peet's Coffee, which also led a $ 7.5 million series B financing round for the brand, according to company...

Each member can apply for a seat on the Board.

Why can we not compete with Everton John0711, Because Farhad Moshiri has AMBITION, that's why he sold his shares in AFC, him and Usmanov can't get a seat on the board cause our Yankee Doodle owner is afraid off them so he cut and run and invested in a club he could actually invest his own money into turning into a force.

It is ridiculous that 30 percent doesn't get him a seat on the Board but that's the way it is.

Usmanov doesn't have a seat on the board, which is a disgrace as he is a 30 % shareholder, so how else can he reach Wenger?

The fans should hope and push for Usmanov to become more involved and to get at a minimum one seat on the board.

Alisher Usmanov has already said he won't (even if allowed) spend on the club while he is denied a seat on the board.

is not even given a seat on the board.

He owns 30 % of the Club, yet doesn't have a seat on the board.

Btw 96.5 % believed the board is not running the club right and want Usmanov to have a seat on the board.

At a very minimum, there would have been 3 owners, all with seats on the board and the club would have been run by a majority vote by the owners on all fronts.