P&G Shareholders Push For More Power Over Board Membership
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
With more power to shake up P&G’s board, shareholders could ultimately have a greater hand in changes to company management. Activist investor William Ackman – whose firm Pershing Square Capital owns roughly a 1% stake in the firm – is rumored to be pushing to replace P&G CEO Bob McDonald.
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