IIRC, financiers forced Preston Tucker to hire an established automaker executive (who was from GM and did not want another automaker to exist) to order him around. We all know what happened to Tucker. He was prosecuted for fraud for raising money for a car company when he 'never intended to make any cars'. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, now that the trial is over, would you like to go for a ride in some of the cars I never intended to build?". Mitch.
> On December 23, 2019 at 3:23 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Same song as Engineering Animation. They were hot and growing fast. > Shareholders forced them to fire the founders and hire "professional" > execs. Execs "Had to" move the oriface to NYC. "Professionals" sacked > the treasury. EA was bankrupt within a couple years. Common MBA song. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
