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âLooks like Jack will have a lot more free time than he anticipated during his 6 month trip to Africa.â - Jason
Hey there carnivores,
Markets had their worst week since 2008, thanks, once again, to coronavirus.
Today weâre talking about Twitterâs leadership shuffle.
Keep raging,
Jeff & Jason
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GTFO
Looks like a corner office might be opening up at Twitter HQ. *Jack Dorsey reading this subtweet.*
Elliott Management [has taken a $1B stake]( in Twitter, demanding sweeping changes across the board. In more ways than one. The activist firm approached Twitter privately about changes itâd like to see, and have supposedly had constructive discussions.
Amongst these changes are board seats, with Elliott nominating four directors⦠even though there are only three seats up for grabs during this yearâs annual meeting. The biggest change, however, deals with the head honcho himself, @jack.
Jack off
Itâs rumored that Elliott wants to replace Jack Dorsey as CEO, as the activist company is concerned with Twitter's lack of innovation and performance lately. Somebody wants an edit button. In a time where Snapchat and Facebook have focused on filters and stories, Twitter has chosen to focus on its core service, allowing its users to deliver hot takes 280 characters at a time.
The request shouldnât be a surprise though, as Twitter has been bullied for years. Why? For starters, Dorsey [is one of the only people]( to serve as CEO of two public companies at once. You see, when heâs not trying to keep tabs on trolls, heâs processing payments and helping grow businesses over at Square. I guess he canât collect unemployment then...
Stock up
Twitter only has one class of stock, which does not give Dorsey outsize voting powers like other social media CEOs like the Zuck at FB, or Evan âthe Schmeigelâ Spiegel at Snap. Read: Jack can't control his own fate, like those others.
Speaking of Twitter stock... it has fallen more than 20% since its piss poor Q3 earnings results. The company blamed bugs for its inability to sell ads and âaccidentallyâ sharing personal info. Could no one on Twitter's crisis management team think of a better excuse?
The bottom line...
It appears that Elliott wants Jack to pack his bags and delete his account, as [the removal of his nose ring]( didnât have as much positive impact on Twitter's stock performance as itâd hoped.
During Jackâs latest tenure as CEO (since 2015), shares have fallen 6.2% while Facebook has risen over 121% ... is that bad?
$TWTR rose 7.8% on the news after hours on Friday.
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âï¸Bailing. Harley-Davidson is going to need to find someone to drive the ole hog after CEO Matt Levatich [resigned]( on Friday. The biker boys over at HD have been suffering for a few years, seeing sales decline as young people turn towards safer, four-wheeled transportation options. Millennials have never been into leather, so this was bound to happen.
Replacing Levatich will be Jochen Zeitz, in an interim role. Zeitz does get to stay on as chairman once a permanent replacement is found. Hopefully, the replacement CEO can figure out how to break out of a five-year sales slump.
âï¸Mixing up the medicine. If Martin Shkreli was having a bad day in prison, the news he got Friday certainly wonât help. The USDA [approved]( the first generic version of Daraprim, the drug Shkreli was accused of price gouging users on. Most recently, Shkreli was accused by the FTC of [blocking the creation]( of a generic version of the drug to continue driving prices up.
Daraprim, the medicine Shkreliâs Phoenixus AG originally developed, is used to treat toxoplasmosis, which is the leading cause of death from foodborne illnesses. Thereâs still no word on whether a cure has been found for the illness that occurs after having to listen to Shkreli talk.
âï¸Yard sale. Wayfairâs loss problem is getting worse. On Friday, the furniture dealerâs shares [fell 15%]( in premarket trading after the firm reported net losses in the quarter ended December 31st totaling $330.22M. In the same quarter the prior year, it only lost $143.85M. Yeah, that seems to be a pretty negative trend.
Wayfair, which went public in 2014, has been having money troubles. More specifically, itâs had trouble figuring out how itâs going to make money. Not unlike a college sophomore. Since its inception, the company has yet to make a profit. Taking a page out of the Uber business plan, I see.
âï¸RIP Trader Joe. Joe Coulombe, the founder of every suburban millennialâs safe space, Trader Joeâs, [passed away]( on Friday. Joe was 89 years old, and had been dealing with what his family called a âlong illness.â
Columbe started Trader Joeâs in LA in the â50âs before selling the store to German grocer Aldi Nord in 1979. He then hung around as the companyâs CEO until he retired in 1988. Joe may be gone, but his legacy and those chocolate sea salt almonds will live forever.
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