Ex-Goldman Special Situations Chief Suffers Stroke; Planned Hedge Fund On Hold Michael Stores CEO Hospitalized Amid$500M Initial Public Offering Filing
Michaels Stores CEO John Menzer has been hospitalized, the company disclosed on April 20th, but did not provide additional information regarding the incident. Menzer, age 60, oversees the nation's #1
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Posted Thu, May 17th, 2012
Bloomberg Business Week By cribadia
Largest US Railroad Discloses CEO's Medical Leave Due to Cancer
On March 2nd, Union Pacific announced that its Chief Executive Officer, James R. Young, is taking a medical leave of absence from his duties during treatment for pancreatic cancer. Young has led the biggest U.S. railroad since 2005 and
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Posted Tue, Apr 17th, 2012
FoxBusiness.com By cribadia
Daredevil CEO's Fatal Flight Puts Micron Technology Shareholders on Edge
All it takes is a high-risk hobby, a CEO of a major company, and an unforeseen yet tragic accident to put shareholders at risk. The death of Micron Technology's CEO Steve Appleton, is raising fresh questions about what companies
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Posted Tue, Feb 14th, 2012
Insurance Journal By cribadia
Fatal Flight for Two Investment BankersShocks Community A single-engine plane on its way to Atlanta spun out of control on December 20th and burst into flames, killing all passengers on board. A licensed pilot and investment banker, Jeffrey Buckalew, was flying his family and colleague, Rakesh Chawla, to
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Posted Wed, Jan 18th, 2012
DealBook By cribadia
Eskom CEO Cheats Death (With 4 Key Executives!)
On September 13th, it was reported by Times Live that four Eskom key executives were traveling on business when their helicopter crashed to the ground during landing and caught fire. Eskom CEO Brian Dames, divisional executives Steve Lennon, Louis Maleka,
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Posted Tue, Dec 13th, 2011
Times LIVE By cribadia
HEAD INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PALADIN CEO (Raises Uncertainty for Shareholders!) Paladin Labs Inc. shocked the investment community and employees on August 18th with the news that its 44 year-old CEO, Jonathan Goodman, was in a cycling accident and was in the hospital due to head injuries. An avid cyclist,
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Posted Tue, Nov 1st, 2011
Montreal Gazette
ELEPHANT ATTACKS TECH GURU TOM SIEBEL (And Tom Walks Away!)
It was over two years ago when Silicon Valley's tech billionaire and entrepreneur Tom Siebel decided to venture to Africa on a walking safari tour. Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems (sold to Oracle for $5.8B), was attacked and severely
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Posted Thu, Oct 20th, 2011
Forbes
INSURANCE NEEDED: CARLYLE TO GO PUBLIC IN VOLATILE MARKET ($153 Billion in Assets Under Management)
On September 6th, The Carlyle Group took a giant step toward joining an elite club: private equity giants with public stock tickers. The S-1 Filing marks a step in the evolution of the global
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Posted Tue, Sep 20th, 2011
Dealbook - New York Times
Executive Director Disabled in Rock Climbing Accident
EXTREME ROCK CLIMBING ACCIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of AAC, 50
Avid rock climber, community leader, author, and Executive Director of the American Alpine Club, Phil Powers plummeted 70 feet during a group rock climb last May, according to Rock and Ice Magazine.
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Posted Sat, Aug 20th, 2011
RockandIce.com
Accidental Death Among Top Level Executives
Accidental Death Among Top Level Executives
CEO in Critical Condition After Plane Crash Roy Malkin, CEO and President of Minntech Corporation, sustained severe injuries last month when his privately owned single-engine aircraft crashed off the runway during takeoff.
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Posted Tue, Jul 12th, 2011
tcbmag.blogs.com