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Dear Chairman Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

Jeff Gramm

A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.

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Jeff Graham's book "Dear Chairman" details eight activist investment campaigns in public markets, including the letters written to company chairmen. The book served as the inspiration for the first episode of the "Invest Like the Best" podcast.

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I think it was called "Dear Chairman" which was a a story of eight different activist investment campaigns in public markets including the letters that were written by the investor to the chairman. I...

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Jeff Graham's book "Dear Chairman" details eight activist investment campaigns in public markets, including the letters written to company chairmen. The book served as the inspiration for the first episode of the "Invest Like the Best" podcast.

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I think it was called "Dear Chairman" which was a a story of eight different activist investment campaigns in public markets including the letters that were written by the investor to the chairman. I mean it's an awesome book and Jeff was kind of marketing the book and I can't remember who asked who but we decided that we would record like an audio version of of the major topics covered in the book that was the first episode I told my producer Matthew that I would commit to doing seven of them again because if I don't have a habit I don't do well so I figured seven was like seven weeks felt like long enough.

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