Like rubbernecking past a car wreck, I can't resist octogenarian retired CEO Al Neuharth's weekly column every Friday in USA Today.The man who engineered some of Gannett's biggest, most expensive acquisitions gone bad (hello, Detroit News! So sorry you failed, Arkansas Gazette!) tells us he doesn't know squat about corporate money matters. "I don't pretend to be an expert in high finances," he confesses.
I had the "privilege" of meeting Al a couple of times in the early 90's, when I joined Gannett.
ReplyDeleteI never understood why his underlings were so in love with him. He struck me as rude, arrogant and, frankly, not that bright. It turns out I was pretty much right.
Aw, you gotta love a guy who puts a bust of himself up in the lobby.
ReplyDeleteThe bust is known as "The Big Head"
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