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Former Whole Foods CEO says he didn’t want to sell to Amazon, but activists threatened to take over his board, fire him, and sell the company anyway
Yahoo Finance· 2025-10-23 23:02
Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods sent shockwaves through the retail industry in 2017. But in a revealing new interview, the man who built Whole Foods from a single Austin store into a natural foods empire says he never wanted to sell to Amazon at all—and only did so because activist investors threatened to seize his board, fire him, and sell the company anyway.​​ John Mackey, the 72-year-old cofounder and former CEO of Whole Foods, disclosed the pressure campaign in an interview on the Hab ...
Activist investors had busiest quarter ever, launching 61 campaigns
Reuters· 2025-10-01 22:46
Activist investors who push companies for operational changes and management shake-ups launched a record number of attacks on global corporations in the third quarter and won more board seats and settlements, new data from Barclays show. ...
Tinder CEO steps down after less than 2 years in latest shakeup amid activist pressure
New York Post· 2025-05-23 03:20
管理层变动 - Tinder首席执行官Faye Iosotaluno将于7月离职 任职不到两年[1][4] - Match Group首席执行官Spencer Rascoff将临时接管Tinder团队 未任命新CEO[4] - 这是Match Group近期第二次高管变动 2月刚任命Rascoff为新CEO接替Bernard Kim[5] - 首席技术官也将在5月底离职[5] 股东压力与战略调整 - 激进投资者Elliott Management持有公司10亿美元股份 并促成董事会新增两名成员[6] - Starboard Value和Anson Funds也增持股份 要求降低成本并提升利润率[6] - 公司已裁员13% 主要集中在Tinder业务线[7] 产品与增长策略 - Tinder正在欧洲测试双人约会功能和AI"僚机"原型 可生成破冰话题和调情建议[11] - 管理层预计Tinder收入增长目标需延迟至2027年实现[11] - Rascoff强调下一步将聚焦产品创新 满足全球用户需求[12] 市场反应 - 消息公布后Match Group股价上涨0 8%[4]