Iger and Jack Welch have in common is that there might have been a deliberate, almost sandbagging of the replacement where you don't want the next person because no one can do the job quite like you can. Bob Nardelli who lost out on the GE job goes to Home Depot and just was brutal there for years. But only after he was ousted did Home Depot just turn into this fantastic cash generating engine that it has become. And I think the stock is I'm going to make up a number,. I think it's about 320 bucks today, ballpark.
You can’t buy shares of Waystar RoyCo, but investors can still find helpful takeaways from the award-winning HBO series and the fictional company’s leadership.
Ricky Mulvey talks with Motley Fool senior analyst Jim Gillies about: - Whether CEO succession plans are worth investor attention - “Succession” storylines that rhyme with real ones - Questions about Berkshire Hathaway’s next stage - One bold prediction about the end of “Succession”
SPOILER ALERT: This episode discusses plot points for “Succession” through season 4 , episode 5.
Companies discussed: WAYA, GOJO, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, AAPL, LMVUY, GE
Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Jim Gillies
Production Assist: Mark Underwood Engineer: Dan Boyd
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