William D. Cohan on the Rise and Fall of GE
Masters in Business
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Nelson Peltz and Tryon Partners in GE Capital
Bob Eiger: I was extremely familiar with Nelson Peltz and Tryon. Jeff Imalt had been friends with Edgarden's brother, Edgarden, his Nelson P Beltz's son-in-law. He thought that he was going to get a sympathetic partner by having Tryon partners in GE stock. Not how Nelson rolls, huh? That's not how it works out. And so then when I see Tryon, you know, making a $930 million dollar investment in Iger and Iger kind of asking for a board seat and Iger showing him his hand,. Well, that couldn't resist writing that that is a big mistake. We've seen this
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