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WOW Mercer steps down from his Hedge Fund and Clovis withdrew his Nomination (Original Post) titaniumsalute Nov 2017 OP
Mueller time coming to a Mercer near you! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #1
Why is Mercer resigning? Beakybird Nov 2017 #2
Mostly for optics it looks like titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #4
Come on this is a rope-a-dope.... physioex Nov 2017 #11
Well he won't be in command of his now former company titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #12
Didn't he also just disassociate from Breitbart? HopeAgain Nov 2017 #3
He is selling his shares in Breitbart to his daughter... titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #5
Rebekah is a chip off the old block, so nothing will change there herding cats Nov 2017 #6
Indeed that's bizarre titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #9
A former employee not fooled Nov 2017 #7
I highly doubt that's why he resigned though titaniumsalute Nov 2017 #10
I dowish RETHUGs had appointed him malaise Nov 2017 #8

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
4. Mostly for optics it looks like
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 11:54 AM
Nov 2017

His being under the public political microscope must be hurting the hedge fund...or so he alludes to in the article...therefore he thinks it is better to resign. He's also leaving the Board of Directors.

As for his shares of Breitbart, he is selling them to his daughter. That is odd to me. If he is leaving his business world due to his political beliefs why sell his shares of Breitbart? Possibly because he's afraid that the FBI might seize/freeze his accounts?


Hmmmm....

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
12. Well he won't be in command of his now former company
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:15 PM
Nov 2017

If he owns no shares and has no voting rights that isn't owning anything. But of course he will still be a billionare and will be able to control lots of political messaging and other awful stuff.

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
5. He is selling his shares in Breitbart to his daughter...
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 11:56 AM
Nov 2017

Maybe Feds on his butt and he's afraid of account seizures?

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
6. Rebekah is a chip off the old block, so nothing will change there
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 11:59 AM
Nov 2017

I do still find it interesting that Daddy feels the need to sell his stake in Brietbart to his daughters.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
7. A former employee
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:00 PM
Nov 2017

is or was suing bob for unlawful termination after said employee was subjected to a stream of virulently racist comments from bob.

[link:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-08/trump-backer-mercer-sued-by-employee-fired-after-speaking-out|]


Quelle surprise--he's a rampant racist, in addition to all his other crackpottery.


He and his Cruella de Vil daughter should go crawl under a rock and leave this country alone. Inflicting a boob of a president on us and attempting to wreck the nation is enough already.




titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)
10. I highly doubt that's why he resigned though
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:09 PM
Nov 2017

Unless the fund is being damaged financially and the Board decided it would rather protect the fund then to keep him around.

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