6 posts and columns on Jack Welch

HP Plans Another Probe Into Hurd Departure

in Enterprise on January 19, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

A new set of independent lawyers may be tapped to revisit the circumstances of how Mark Hurd came to resign as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, court filings show.

Meet the Yahoo Board: Something Old, Something New–But Will They Do Something?

in News on October 14, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

With all the noisy swirl around Yahoo of late–from its executive turmoil to its flat growth to its dashed partnerships in Asia to its brash CEO–its board has been unusually quiet of late. Comatose, some might say. But with private equity firms, media companies, Web rivals, big shareholders, Wall Street and others all machinating about trying to grab all or some of the Internet giant, it will be interesting to see if its directors will shake themselves out of their typical comfort zone of inactivity to actually do their job. Thus, time for their moment in the BoomTown spotlight!

VC Ben Horowitz Takes Aim at HP Critics (Are You Listening, Larry and Jack?)

in News on October 8, 2010 at 4:32 pm PT

Today, in a sharply worded post titled “In Defense of Standards, Ethics, and Honest Financial Reporting at Hewlett-Packard,” prominent venture capitalist Ben Horowitz took to his blog to shoot back at the plethora of critics of the Hewlett-Packard board for their conduct related to the controversial jettisoning of CEO Mark Hurd. Let us just say, the longtime business partner of HP board member Marc Andreessen did not mince words.

In Defense of Standards, Ethics, and Honest Financial Reporting at Hewlett-Packard

in News on October 8, 2010 at 4:22 pm PT

Recently, my old company Hewlett-Packard has been in the news–and not in a good way. I’ve been watching the coverage from the sidelines up to this point, but felt increasingly compelled to join the conversation and share my point of view. So here goes.

Welch to HP Board: You Don’t Know Jack!

in News on October 5, 2010 at 2:08 pm PT

Well, look at that, Jack Welch just one-upped Larry Ellison in the HP-bashing game. The master manager unloaded on the company today during a series of interviews at the World Business Forum, slagging HP’s board for mishandling its CEOs and the company’s management succession plans.

Supposed Buyer for NYT’s Boston Red Sox Stake Says He’s Not Interested

in Media on December 29, 2008 at 6:04 pm PT

One of the supposed buyers for the New York Times’s stake in the Boston Red Sox–one of the few assets the paper can unload as it tries to bail itself out of a cash crunch and looming debt problem–says he’s not buying.