Ronald Perelman, Billionaire Businessman, Stepping Down as Chairman of Carnegie Hall Board

NY Times ^ | SEPT. 17, 2015 | MICHAEL COOPER

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Ronald O. Perelman, the hard-charging billionaire businessman who became chairman of Carnegie Hall earlier this year, told his fellow board members on Thursday that he would step down next month because he had been frustrated that they had been slow to investigate his concerns about the governance of the hall, several people familiar with the proceedings said.

Mr. Perelman had accused Carnegie’s well-respected executive and artistic director, Clive Gillinson, of a “troubling lack of transparency” and had criticized the board for failing to provide “appropriate oversight.”

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“This cat came up to me and asked, ‘How do I get to Carnegie Hall/’, and I said, ‘Practice, man, practice.’ This other cat came up to me and said, ‘Meow.’ He was a real cat.” — Ronnie Graham

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We went on a cruise to Bermuda in July. Spent a weekend in NYC before and after our one week cruise. We walked all over NYC, including the NOT pretty Central park. Doesn’t compare to parks anywhere else that I have been from USA to Italy to England to France, etc. They don’t put effort into making it PRETTY! Compare it to the Huntington Gardens/Estate in San Marino California. NO COMPARISON! NYC is filthy, huge piles of trash everywhere in Manhattan, etc. Sidewalks and streets are FILTHY! Walked past Carnegie Hall and it is just a plain building. NYC is highly overrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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