Barbarians in the Boardroom
Activist Investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies
Owen Walker
Barbarians in the Boardroom
Activist Investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies
Owen Walker
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· ‘A terrific book about the personalities, strategies, and tactics of high-profile activist investors. The stories are fascinating about the activist game plan and how it is changing…’
Robert J. Swieringa, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
· ‘Excellent overview of activist hedge funds - it tells readers how these funds brought about significant changes in corporate boardrooms.’
Robert C. Pozen. Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School, former Chair of MFS Investment Management
· "A great guide to how activist investors work - essential for corporate directors, investors and anyone with a passing interest. Filled with insights into a number of the most high-profile personality clashes and boardroom battles."
Barry Parr, Co-Chair of Pension Trustees AMNT and Non-Exec Director of CrowdBnk Ltd
· “Barbarians in the Boardroom is an excellent forensic analysis of the new era of activist investing and the first to cover campaigns that have ousted S&P 500 boards, promoted giant mergers and permanently changed the roles played by boards of directors.”
Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight
· ‘The rise of shareholders activists is one of the great capital market stories of the day. Packed with riveting tales from the activist battlefront, Owen Walker's book does it full justice.’
John Plender, Financial Times Columnist
· ‘A terrific book about the personalities, strategies, and tactics of high-profile activist investors. The stories are fascinating about the activist game plan and how it is changing…’
Robert J. Swieringa, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
· ‘Excellent overview of activist hedge funds - it tells readers how these funds brought about significant changes in corporate boardrooms.’
Robert C. Pozen. Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School, former Chair of MFS Investment Management
· "A great guide to how activist investors work - essential for corporate directors, investors and anyone with a passing interest. Filled with insights into a number of the most high-profile personality clashes and boardroom battles."
Barry Parr, Co-Chair of Pension Trustees AMNT and Non-Exec Director of CrowdBnk Ltd
· “Barbarians in the Boardroom is an excellent forensic analysis of the new era of activist investing and the first to cover campaigns that have ousted S&P 500 boards, promoted giant mergers and permanently changed the roles played by boards of directors.”
Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight
· ‘The rise of shareholders activists is one of the great capital market stories of the day. Packed with riveting tales from the activist battlefront, Owen Walker's book does it full justice.’
John Plender, Financial Times Columnist
Owen Walker is an experienced, awardwinning financial journalist, who has covered business and investment issues in the US, UK and continental Europe. He was formerly managing editor of Agenda, a Financial Times publication for US corporate directors, where he saw a number of boardroom battles first hand. He is now a commissioning editor within the FT’s Special Reports team in London.