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Are there non-cynical explanations of how someone with such a terrible track record gets hired? Maybe a dearth of alternative CEOs? Or is the reality as bad as
by bllguo 9y ago
Are there non-cynical explanations of how someone with such a terrible track record gets hired? Maybe a dearth of alternative CEOs? Or is the reality as bad as it appears?
- needsilence 9y agoI mean, it's happened ten billion times before, but if that's not enough evidence for you...
- narrator 9y agoWho's on the board that hired him? Did they have a pre-existing personal relationship from a frat or something? Getting to the bottom of this would probably inform a good stock shorting strategy.
- coredog64 9y agoI'm now pondering a "these fratboys are deleterious to boards" index fund thanks to your post.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoBonus points for using social graph data for boardmembers and the fratboys they hire to front-run terrible CEO hiring decisions.
- aswanson 9y agoThe fratboy short. Hilarious.
- legitster 9y agoThere is something to be said about transitional CEOs who keep the lights on while the company figures out a long term strategy. Most actually terribly run companies don't just bounce back the minute they get rid of a bad CEO.
- khazhou 9y agoBecause even a shitty company-destroying CEO has experience being a CEO. Not trying to be cynical.
- wolverine876 9y agoDave Brandon had an exceptional track record and the business community thought so, maybe still does for all I know. He was just disliked by a popular (in the University of Michigan community) sports blogger. See my post below.
- jimmaswell 9y agoWhat possible explanation is there for this post if he had an "exceptional track record"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15280485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15280485
- wolverine876 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15281139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15281139