Corporate Gossip

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Business news for gossip lovers. From boardroom shakeups to c-suite scandals, the Corporate gossip podcast brings you all the Wall Street tea. CPA scorned Becca Platsky and her brother, data analytics playboy Adam Platsky are your hosts.

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Season 2 Trailer!

Corporate Gossip

01/16/23 • 1 min

We're brewing up some hot Corporate Tea for you...

Season TWO of the Corproate Gossip Podcast is coming March 2023! Here's a sneak peak of upcomming episodes: Boeing, Southwest, Subway, Blackberry, McKinsey, HBO, Cesars, VW, Costco, Chobani and MORE!

Have thoughts on those companies? Have an idea for an episode? Send an email to [email protected]

THANK YOU for listening, rating, reviewing, and gossiping with us!

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Under Armour: Business Bros

Corporate Gossip

12/16/22 • 56 min

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Under Armour is what happens when a group of perpetually rowdy frat bros is at the helm of a multi-billion dollar company. Starting with a single sewing machine in his grandma's basement, Ken Plank grew the UA brand to market dominance over two decades, and then oversaw its demise over two years. This story has it all: A+ list athletes, strip club scandals, Twitter PR disasters, adulterous adventures on a private jet, and Becca's favorite: light accounting fraud!

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Timestamps:

06:16 - Kevin Plank creates the first moisture-wicking athletic T-shirt and founds Under Armour from his Grandma's basement. The company, with the help of lucrative movie cameos and athletic partnerships, is valued at $157m by 2005 and grows to $17B 10 years later.

15:34 - Under Armour produces a series of uggo shoes that are blasted on Twitter.

20:02 - As Plank becomes increasingly distracted with his side hustles, UA sales slump. The UA team employ a series of questionable accounting practices to hide the truth, and their actions result in a $9m class-action shareholder lawsuit.

27:00 - HR revokes one of the c-suite's favorite perks: free strip clubs. After that, it's one buzzkill after another for UA executives.

35:00 - Turns out the culture at the top of Under Armour wasn't exactly... conducive to not being a huge dirtbag.

43:15 - Has your boss ever brought his paramour - sorry - "strategic advisor" to a business meeting? If so, you might be working for Ken Plank!!

49:00 - Where does UA stand today?

Links:

Steph Curry's new Under Armour sneakers lit Twitter on fire with Dad jokes, memes

Under Pressure at Under Armour, CEO Says His Eye Is on the Ball

Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales

Under Armour’s #MeToo Moment: No More Strip Clubs on Company Dime

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank 'was allegedly having an affair with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and sought her advice over that of his board while flying her around on private jet'

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CBS & Messy Les Moonves

Corporate Gossip

06/28/24 • 82 min

If you thought Sumner Redstone was a degenerate, just WAIT until you meet his pervy protege, Les Moonves!

CBS CEO Les Moonves, aka “Mr. TV” is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. He transformed CBS from a sleepy granny network into a ratings powerhouse with shows like Survivor, Big Brother, Criminal Minds, and The Big Bang Theory. The business part of this story is one Cheezy Blaster away from being a 30 Rock episode. The action behind closed doors on the other hand, feels more like Law & Order: SVU.

CW: Sexual abuse

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Read Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

Les Moonves’ spectacular rise before his fall from grace

Why Sumner Redstone’s men; Leslie Moonves and Philippe Dauman; made a king’s ransom

Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

Paramount+’s Existential Questions

Leslie Moonves Fined $11K by L.A. City Ethics Commission for His Role in LAPD Scandal

Season 2 Finale & Costco: Kings of Kirkland

Corporate Gossip

05/12/23 • 57 min

SEASON 2 FINALE!!

Thanks for your support this season, we'll be back with Season 3 later this summer!!

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Becca and Adam flew close to the sun last week and decided to end the season on a high note. We answer some listener questions and crown our 2023 Corporate Cutie before getting into some feel-good Corporate Gossip.

The Costco story (18:45) is straight from a Jack Welch nightmare. Low CEO pay, a modest corporate headquarters, and no private jets?!!! Despite skimping on executive perks, Costco became a retail giant, peaking at #11 on the Fortune 500 list. And they did it without layoffs, downsizing, or offshoring... suck it McKinsey!! This episode has no strip clubs, accounting fraud, or subterfuge... BUT it does have threats of MURDER!!

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Timestamps:

01:00 - Intro (Confirmation that John Flannery is, in fact, still alive and thriving!! and our close encounter with Andy Cohen and why we’re wrapping season 2

06:00 - Listener Questions

15:00 - Corporate cutie awards 2023

18:45 - Costco: Kings of Kirkland

Links:

Weddings by Costco

Costco foodcourt challenge

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek Leads the Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World

Link to chart with revenue / salary

Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic, and shared almost none of it with their workers (Brookings institute expose)

S4 Finale! Bob's Red Mill: Porridge Daddy & Listener Questions

Corporate Gossip

08/02/24 • 57 min

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Becca and Adam talk about the Giggly Grain Grandpa: Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill. But don't toss your oats just yet, this is a good episode. We'll teach you how to have a Bob Moore Summer (Perfecting your porridge, socializing the means of production, hyperfixating on hobbies, and being jolly) and restore your faith in CEOs.

Then we answer listener questions (37 min mark).

THANK YOU! For another great season - we'll see you soon :)

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Bob’s Red Mill: Securing The Future Through Employee Ownership

Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob’s Red Mill, Is Dead at 94

Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says 93-year-old leader whose workers own 100% of the company

Jack Welch & GE: Daddy Issues

Corporate Gossip

04/28/23 • 91 min

A SUPERSIZED EPISODE!! Two pods in one!!!

Jack Welch is our collective Corporate Villain origin story. Potentially the most famous American CEO, Welch, like so many of the leaders we cover on this pod, possesses a dangerous combination of ruthlessness and incompetency. Adam and Becca trace his meteoric rise and salacious downfall before passing the reins of turd mountain (GE) to a series of doomed successors. Our apologies in advance to the fine people of Massachusets for our repeated unsuccessful attempts at a Boston accent.

P.S. John Flannery if you're reading this right now we love you please come on the pod <3333

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How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed

Was Jack Welch the Greatest C.E.O. of His Day—or the Worst?

Jack Welch: Managerial Genius Who Made One Disastrous Mistake

Harvard Editor Faces Revolt Over Handling of Welch Story

Pic of Welch and Suzy making out

Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt on his controversial legacy: ‘I don’t want to hide’

GE Cuts Larry Culp’s 2022 Pay After Shareholder Protest

Corrections:

GE is still the largest manufacturer of jet engines. Rolls Royce is #2 in the industry.

Nissan & Carlos Ghosn: D*ck in a Box

Corporate Gossip

12/01/23 • 75 min

In 2017 Carlos Ghosn was on top of the world, he was a Japanese national hero, renowned for bringing Nissan back to life from the brink of failure. His face was on the cover of magazines, his story was depicted in Manga, he even carried the torch at the Olympics in his home country of Brazil. His sudden arrest in 2018 for financial crimes was an unexpected twist in his story that made him the center of international intrigue. As extraordinary as his life had become, no one could have imagined what would come next...

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Timestamps:

5:40 - CG#1: Carlos Ghosn joins the growing number of wayward CEOs with daddy issues

9:15 - CG#2: Meet carlos’s car daddy: Francois Michilin

17:40 - CG#3: It’s time for Carlos’ Makover montage!

31:25 - CG#4: Carlos Ghosn enters his dwight schrute era

36:50 - CG#5: Ghosn follows the CEO playbook - time for an ostentatious company sponsored personal party that definitely will have no negative PR implications whatsoever

49:00 - CG#6: All Partied out!!

52:33 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box?

56:30 - CG#7: What do they say? You either die a hero or live long enough to be smuggled out of Japan in an equipment box?

Season 3 Finale & Chobani's Anti-CEO

Corporate Gossip

12/08/23 • 50 min

It's the Season 3 Finale! We answer listener questions and meet the Yogurt King of New York: Chobani's founder, Hamdi Ulkaya. From nomadic Turkish farmer to millionaire milk mogul, Ulkaya became known as the Anti-CEO, prioritizing people over profit and creating one of the fastest growing food companies in America.

Correction: We said the Chobani Idaho factory was in Idaho falls. It is actually in Twin Falls. Thanks to the listener who pointed that out!

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Hosts: Becca Platsky ([email protected]) Adam Platsky ([email protected])

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Timestamps & Links:

01:30 - Listener Questions

How did you guys come up with this idea for the podcast?
What’s the best / juiciest piece of corporate gossip that didn’t make the cut?
Why are your seasons so short? I would pay for a subscription to get a weekly episode until the end of time!
I'm a final year student in finance and I'm worried I have made a terrible mistake studying this degree, as it seems that corporations mostly cause more harm than [good], and benefits an elite few. is there any field you would recommend where I could use my degree for good? Is there a way that finance can be a force for good?
Given the intricate web of corporate scandals involving entities like FTX, McKinsey, Koch Industries, SVB, etc. I'm curious to know: What common threads or distinct patterns have you observed across these cases, and how do these scandals reflect broader issues within the corporate landscape?
Have there been any surprising twists or unique aspects in these stories that stand out to you guys, providing deeper insights into the world of corporate misconduct

18:00 - Chobani's Anti CEO

Links:

The Profile Dossier: Hamdi Ulukaya, the Shepherd-Turned-Billionaire CEO

Chobani CEO says pulling IPO was one of the best decisions company has made

Chobani hired hundreds of refugees at its plants. Average tenure now exceeds industry average

Chobani’s CEO is giving up to 10 percent of his company to employees

Capitalism and Humanitarianism Can Coexist. Chobani's CEO Is Trying to Prove It

Ozy Media: Corporate Catfish

Corporate Gossip

12/30/22 • 56 min

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Carlos Watson has it all: an Ivy League pedigree, an electric personality, and a media empire called “Ozy.” There’s only one problem... Watson is a prolific bullshit artist. When he and his co-founder are caught catfishing Goldman Sachs executives, his empire begins to crumble and his throne of lies is exposed. The Ozy story is truly wild and includes feuds with Sharon Osbourne, a Fyre Fest knockoff, and millennial-era side bangs!

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Hosts: Becca Platsky ([email protected]) Adam Platsky ([email protected])

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Vignette edited by: Becky Nanns Beckysaysitall.com

Timestamps:

03:33 - Ozy Media background and Becca’s side bang regret

10:15 - Ozy becomes the most popular website of all time!! More readers than the Bible!!!

15:40 - Carlos Watson’s catfish practice with A&E

24:15 - The Ozy Media Fyre Fest that almost was