CB Insights
OCTOBER 29, 2018
When mobile phone company Danger Inc was created in the heady days of 2000 with execs from Apple, Phillips, and WebTV, it looked like a leadership dream team. Date: March 20, 2003. The mega-company reported a $45B write-down in 2003 and then a $100B yearly loss. Date: April 15, 2008. Price: $500M. Don’t fail.
CB Insights
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets.
CB Insights
MAY 10, 2018
” This company had an online presence generating data, but lacked leadership or a vision around how that online presence should work or how that data could truly benefit its core business. High tax rates on corporate gains meant that the best way to spend profits was to make acquisitions.
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