The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand – the New York Times
Maureen Farrell, writing for The New York Times:
In May 2022, the chief financial officer of Boar’s Head, the
processed meat company, was asked a simple question under oath.
“Who is the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?”
“I’m not sure,” he replied.
“Who do you believe to be the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?” the lawyer
persisted.
The executive, Steve Kourelakos, who had worked at the company for
more than two decades and was being deposed in a lawsuit between
owners, repeated his answer: “I’m not sure.”
It is odd, to say the least, when a top executive of a company
claims not to know who his boss is. And Boar’s Head is no
fly-by-night enterprise. The company is one of the country’s most
recognizable deli-meat brands; it generates what employees and
others estimate as roughly $3 billion in annual revenue and
employs thousands of people.
There’s secretive, and then there’s secretive.
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Maureen Farrell, writing for The New York Times:
In May 2022, the chief financial officer of Boar’s Head, the
processed meat company, was asked a simple question under oath.
“Who is the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?”
“I’m not sure,” he replied.
“Who do you believe to be the C.E.O. of Boar’s Head?” the lawyer
persisted.
The executive, Steve Kourelakos, who had worked at the company for
more than two decades and was being deposed in a lawsuit between
owners, repeated his answer: “I’m not sure.”
It is odd, to say the least, when a top executive of a company
claims not to know who his boss is. And Boar’s Head is no
fly-by-night enterprise. The company is one of the country’s most
recognizable deli-meat brands; it generates what employees and
others estimate as roughly $3 billion in annual revenue and
employs thousands of people.
There’s secretive, and then there’s secretive.