(FINANCE) someone like Carl Icahn or Victor Posner; a manager of a PE fund or takeover vehicle (e.g., T. Boone Pickens with Mesa Petroleum) who organizes hostile takeovers of undervalued corporations.
WHY THEY'RE BAD
Corporate raiders insist they're looking out for the shareholder by forcing the managers to focus on increasing the value of the firm. If a company's share prices are high, it supposedly reflects well on the management of the firm; if the prices are low, the shareholders presumably would benefit from the takeover battle and subsequent change of management.
The flaw in this argument is (a) shareholders are not the only stakeholders in the corporation; workers, neighbors, and consumers also have interests that deserve protection; and (b), the impact of the corporate raider on FUTURE shareholders is inherently damaging over the long run because the targeted corporation's share prices are driven to a higher baseline anyway. After the takever battle between the raider and management, FUTURE buyers of the stock pay a higher price but are stuck with stagnant share prices because further increases don't make economic sense.
If the leveraged buyout succeeds, the company is saddled with debt in excess of its book value, which imposes an extreme burden; if it fails (greenmail), then company is still saddled with immense debt.
WHY THEY'RE BAD
Corporate raiders insist they're looking out for the shareholder by forcing the managers to focus on increasing the value of the firm. If a company's share prices are high, it supposedly reflects well on the management of the firm; if the prices are low, the shareholders presumably would benefit from the takeover battle and subsequent change of management.
The flaw in this argument is (a) shareholders are not the only stakeholders in the corporation; workers, neighbors, and consumers also have interests that deserve protection; and (b), the impact of the corporate raider on FUTURE shareholders is inherently damaging over the long run because the targeted corporation's share prices are driven to a higher baseline anyway. After the takever battle between the raider and management, FUTURE buyers of the stock pay a higher price but are stuck with stagnant share prices because further increases don't make economic sense.
If the leveraged buyout succeeds, the company is saddled with debt in excess of its book value, which imposes an extreme burden; if it fails (greenmail), then company is still saddled with immense debt.
Usually a corporate raider makes his killing by risking (and mostly losing) the money of other people.
He usually quotes Ayn Rand bromides about his adversaries being moochers and wreckers, but he destroys the livelihood of thousands, and he makes his fortune through ambush.
He usually quotes Ayn Rand bromides about his adversaries being moochers and wreckers, but he destroys the livelihood of thousands, and he makes his fortune through ambush.
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Max used to "do what he wanted", but now, 'Corporate Max' is in bed by 9 and has no time for his boys nor shenanigans.
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A man, or woman, who ruthlessly hijacks or liberates an idea from a well-heeled, intelligent veteran professional. Jackals will liberate ideas moments after you have announced the idea, and somehow spin it to make it look like it was their's.
Mike: I think we should take information a few times a week and have people present their findings at our daily meeting.
Jim: Or, what we could do is at our daily meeting, have people present findings on information pertinent to our business.
Mike: Don't be such a fucking corporate jackal
Jim: Bye now.
Jim: Or, what we could do is at our daily meeting, have people present findings on information pertinent to our business.
Mike: Don't be such a fucking corporate jackal
Jim: Bye now.
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"We must learn to love the utopious and unflawed system that is our great big corporation" "That sounds like Corporate Wank-Wank to me?"
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“Hey Andy, did you see the meeting with the two dudes on the third floor? They have three pizzas in there! There is now way they will eat all of that pizza – I think it is time for a little corporate foraging. We will need to be swift, because pizza is a hot commodity and the Marketing Scanvengers have been active on the third floor this week”
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