Chapter 785: The Garbage Heap of History
Jamie Dimon?
Except for Zhang Chen, every director present is over 35 years old, and the youngest of them, Robert Lip, is also 38 years old.
In more than ten years of professional business fighting, these people have already developed the ability to not be surprised, but hearing Jamie Dimon's name from Zhang Chen's mouth still made everyone show a surprised expression.
The most surprising were Jamie Dimon and Sandyvae himself.
Hearing Zhang Chen say Jamie Dimon, Sandyvale couldn't help but sink in his heart.
In the past few months, his relationship with Jamie Dimon has deteriorated, and suspicion and mustard have made the two who were originally father and son look at each other as enemies.
The central issue between the two is Sandywell's belief that Jamie has begun to raise a glass to challenge his authority. And compared to him, the enthusiastic and hearty Jamie Dimon is more popular with shareholders and the board of directors.
Sandyvale is a DCZ in the absolute sense of the word, with a tough hand, and must not allow any of his men to challenge his authority. Therefore, he had already planned to find an opportunity to kick Jamie Dimon out after the merger.
Sandievale controls three Citigroup board seats, and Jamie Dimon, the CEO of Salomon Smith Barney, should be one of those three people in any sense of the word, but Sandievale did not put Jamie Dimon on the list.
Just after Sandyvale made the nomination, everyone knew about it, and Jamie Dimon, although he had expected it, was still angry enough.
The muscles on Sandyvale's face twitched, Zhang Chen nominated Jamie Dimon, what do you mean? Could it be that these two people have reached an alliance?
Damn it! Jamie Damon is really a bone boy, and he should have done to get rid of this scourge a long time ago!
"Mr. Zhang, you are the largest individual shareholder of Salomon Smith Barney. Nominate Jamie Dimon, are you sure?" Sandywell tried his best to control his anger, his eyes only staring at Zhang Chen, not knowing when this kid hooked up with Jamie Dimon.
Not many people should know about the breakdown of the relationship between himself and Jamie Dimon.
Zhang Chen said lightly: "Of course, Jamie's past performance has proven that he is an indispensable talent of Salomon Smith Barney and fully deserves the position of director of Citigroup. I have kept the promise I made to you. ”
When the directors heard this, they suddenly realized, no wonder Zhang Chen would nominate Jamie Dimon, it turned out that there was a tacit understanding between him and Sandy, and the reason why Sandy Vale did not nominate Jamie Dimon did not seem to be that the two were at odds, but that they did not want to waste their right to nominate.
A lot of people have begun to nod approvingly, and Sandyvae's failure to nominate Jamie Dimon has left many board members with some doubts. As Zhang Chen said, Jamie Dimon is very important to Salomon Smith Barney, and after the merger, it is a sharp knife to compete with Citi for the initiative. If Sandyvae and Jamie Dimon don't get along, it's bad news for most investors.
It turns out that everyone is worried.
When Sandievale heard this, he almost didn't take his back on it. Keeping your promises? Why not nominate yourself?
In front of everyone's eyes, Sandyvale naturally couldn't show any abnormality, so he could only stare at Jamie Dimon fiercely: "Jamie, do you have any opinion on this?"
Jamie Dimon is so smart that he has already guessed why Zhang Chen nominated him.
Zhang Chen has taken the initiative to woo him not once or twice, and has been provoking his relationship with Sandywell, which he knows. At the beginning, he was also unapologetic, but as the relationship with Sandyvale continued to deteriorate, it was inevitable that he and Zhang Chen began to get closer and closer.
He really hadn't thought about it before. In his opinion, Zhang Chen's current strength is still too weak and not a good place to go.
But as Coyce's lightning deal shocked the entire Wall Street, Jamie Dimon suddenly discovered that Zhang Chen's Coyce was already the most growing company on Wall Street.
NextGoldman Sachs! Many financial media reporters can't wait to put this title on Cowyce's head.
Therefore, Jamie Dimon tacitly reached an alliance with Zhang Chen. But he didn't expect that Zhang Chen would throw himself out at this meeting.
This is forcing yourself to stand in line.
If he agrees to this nomination, he will undoubtedly completely tear up his face with Sandywell. and disagree ...
How is it possible? After the merger of Citigroup and Traveler Group, it will be a financial giant with a market value of more than $140 billion and assets of nearly a trillion dollars. It will become the largest financial group in the world without dispute! It is truly at the top of the world!
As long as you agree, you can enter the real power core of this world!
The more ambitious a person is, the harder it is to resist this temptation.
Jamie Dimon flashed in his heart what Zhang Chen had said to him two days ago, and suddenly realized.
"John Reid is going to lose, but Sandyvale isn't going to win either, so maybe you'll be the winner?"
At that time, he thought that Zhang Chen was joking, but now it seems that maybe he will really have a chance to win the high throne in a few years.
Jamie Dimon quickly analyzed the pros and cons in his mind, and saw that everyone was looking at him, and immediately decided: "Thank you very much Zack for the nomination, I will repay the trust of shareholders and directors with actual performance." ”
Sandywell closed his eyes, not wanting everyone to see the anger in his eyes, and took a deep breath: "OK, let's vote." ”
"Agreed. ”
"Agreed. ”
"Agreed. ”
。。。。。。
Twelve votes in favour, six abstentions.
The six abstentions either have always had a bad relationship with Jamie Dimon, or Sandywell's hardcore on the board of directors abstained from voting without figuring out what was going on.
For most directors, it is a good thing that Jamie Dimon will be able to enter the board of directors of the new Citigroup in the future.
As soon as the voting results were announced, under the leadership of Zhang Chen, there was warm applause at the scene.
Jamie Dimon stood up and humbly bowed to the crowd in thanks.
Now that Jamie Dimon has become a member of the board of directors, as president, it is only natural that he will become a future executive committee member of the new Citigroup.
Zhang Chen always had a standard smile on his face, ignoring Sandywell's vicious gaze.
As for whether Sandyvale will retaliate against him, Zhang Chen is not worried.
He didn't dare to bet.
Within two years of the merger, Sandyvae's biggest rival was Citi's John Reed. Sandyvale can only win this battle if it unites all the forces that can unite. After all, he owns 1.05% of the new Citigroup, and if he pushes himself to John Reid's side, it will be an unacceptable result for Sandievale in any case.
So, in a short period of time, Sandyvale could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
As for what Sandywell will do in two years, hehe, two years later, will you still worry about a Sandyvale's revenge?
Some people are destined to be swept into the dustbin of history.
(End of chapter)