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At that level of income, clothes are a choice. Simply insulting him about his clothes may not be very helpful, but thinking about the message Neumann is sending
by jerf 7y ago
At that level of income, clothes are a choice. Simply insulting him about his clothes may not be very helpful, but thinking about the message Neumann is sending with that clothing choice is productive. I'm inferring from the text that that picture is from an investor presentation, though I don't quite know, but if it was, those clothes are rife with meaning. They are as deliberately crafted as any of the words in that presentation were, and you are fully entitled to analyze that and make decisions based on that analysis.
- kizer 7y agoOr, it's just a t-shirt.
- jerf 7y agoThat is pretty much exactly the same thing as seeing a character wearing a T-Shirt in a movie and trying to argue it must have just been what the actor came on to the set wearing that day.
- crumpets 7y agoNo it's not. Actors are meant to pretend to be different people. The CEO isn't supposed to be pretending to be a different person.
- DangitBobby 7y agoI disagree.
- knolax 7y agoOr the curtains are just blue.
- bduerst 7y agoIn a behaviorial finance class I took we learned about a few hedge funds that followed CEO's during the 90's, and shorted their companies whenever the CEO underwent plastic surgery. Turns out that personal appearance insecurity of the CEO was inversely correlated to company performance. From Steve Job's turtleneck to Zuck's zip-up hoodie, CEO appearance is a market signal that some speculators choose to use.
- crushingcrash 7y agoYou're wrong on this, and the parent poster is right. Execs in his position have style consultants on retainer.