The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
By Jeffrey Goldfarb
NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The onetime Citi chair and Time Warner CEO, dead at 76, was a beloved Mr. Fixit. He earned the reputation from finance to philanthropy despite backing two M&A disasters for the ages. In a world that rewards hard-charging executives, he carved out a place for humility and warmth.
Full view will be published shortly.
Follow @jgfarb on X
CONTEXT NEWS
Richard Parsons, the chairman of Citigroup from 2009 to 2012 and chief executive of Time Warner from 2002 to 2007, died on Dec. 26, at age 76.
Parsons also once led Dime Bancorp, served as interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers and briefly was interim chairman at CBS. He sat on the boards of investment bank Lazard, cosmetics company Estee Lauder and multiple cultural organizations such as the Apollo Theater.
In 2015, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer.
(Editing by Robert Cyran and Pranav Kiran)
((For previous columns by the author, Reuters customers can click on GOLDFARB/jeffrey.goldfarb@thomsonreuters.com))
免責聲明：投資有風險，本文並非投資建議，以上內容不應被視為任何金融產品的購買或出售要約、建議或邀請，作者或其他用戶的任何相關討論、評論或帖子也不應被視為此類內容。本文僅供一般參考，不考慮您的個人投資目標、財務狀況或需求。TTM對信息的準確性和完整性不承擔任何責任或保證，投資者應自行研究並在投資前尋求專業建議。