That's not really an activist investor, more like a quarrel over priorities in a boardroom. Carl Icahn, and Bill Ackman are examples of activist investors. The

That's not really an activist investor, more like a quarrel over priorities in a boardroom. Carl Icahn, and Bill Ackman are examples of activist investors. The key to being an activist investor is that you have to control enough of the company to be able to make decisions that would greatly change it. A single board seat doesn't really get you much. Secondarily, activist investors are usually seizing control of failing organizations, not successful ones.