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haele

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11. Nope. They probably don't even care that a CEO was assassinated.
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:16 PM
Thursday

He was only a Multi-Millionaire CEO. He can be replaced.

My FIL got to the position at Travellers Group back in the 90's where he could step up into a C-suite position.
He just couldn't agree to the idea that the bottom line for the Shareholders was more important than an efficient product and investing in it to make it better for the Customers. Also, he would have to put his family on the back-burner; company came first - which was tough with his beloved 3rd wife (even Laz's mom, his first wife, loved #3 as a friend) dying of Brain Cancer at the time.

So, no multi-millions for him. He ended up not regretting it in the least. He said most of the men at that level spent more time making deals and strategizing amongst themselves and let the VPs and Managers deal with customers or the product. They pretty much divorced themselves from the actual running of the business, and were all pretty much replaceable with any other person at that level.

Haele

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