Ive been on several boards family and start ups and currently serve on an advisory board for large commercial loans on a local bank I invested in 10 years ago
It’s unusual to fire a CEO doing a great job regardless of board politics
HP revenue went up because she bought a Compaq which was a failure in itself
Profit went down decline revenue going up and the workforce slashed ....the latter causing issues
She had the reputation as very caustic and ambitious and not liked or respected and if you lose money then you’re done
She lasted longer than she should because she’s a girl
HP stock went up 7-10% on news of her firing
No you cannot manipulate financials to someone who knows how to look at them
I pay folks to help me with that and nothing gets by them
This notion she was going great but got fired anyhow is poppycock no offense
She got 21 million in severance
If she was doing so well and they needed to push her out for some Hollswood political motive even though she was making money for the shareholders it would have been much higher for a company the size of HP
she has to parse this
Trump on the other hand doesn’t really have to and trying to explain is lost on the low info voter
He almost went broke for reaching too far and Indian casinos coming online
He recovered large
Fiorina did not
She defeated the conservative in a GOP primary and lost to whack job
She’s only there cause she’s a chick
Fired and a lost election and hints of Lucent resume
A man would not be on the stage
Nor would a white brain surgeon either for that mater
It’s unusual to fire a CEO doing a great job regardless of board politics
HP revenue went up because she bought a Compaq which was a failure in itself
Profit went down decline revenue going up and the workforce slashed ....the latter causing issues
She had the reputation as very caustic and ambitious and not liked or respected and if you lose money then you’re done
She lasted longer than she should because she’s a girl
HP stock went up 7-10% on news of her firing”
Carly HAS no reputation left in the business world. And in regards to national elections, she couldn’t get arrested : )
My understanding at the time is that she bought Compaq because of the Ipaq hand-held device. She supposedly wanted to go into what became the Ipod and smart phones. If that is true, it was obviously a good move that failed in execution. The latter says more about her as a CEO than the former.