Thanks to Evan Epstein for his thoughtful Who Controls Anthropic? (Boardroom Governance Newsletter #81, October 6, 2026). As Anthropic prepares for what could be one of the largest IPOs in history, Epstein rightly argues that the most important question is not valuation, revenue or competition with OpenAI. It is who will control the company. Thanks […]
Rich Koppes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and dear friend to many, passed away on September 9, 2025. He was 79 years old. Born on August 20, 1946, in Norfolk, Virginia, to his loving parents, William and Mary Ann Koppes, He grew up in Lakewood, California, and for the past 53 years made […]
NeevaAI is another option for harnessing the power of the web through AI. ChatGPT gives me a constant busy signal. Plus, NeevaAI may actually have some advantages. Tired of our Alphabet/Google overlords, I have been trying out neevia search for a while and like it. CorpGov.net’s days of ranking #1-5 in any search for corporate governance […]
March 2 2022 Random but Connected Thoughts Severance, the new series on Apple TV where people live completely disconnected lives at work, as if in a Skinner Box. (more…)
Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein is a podcast of in-depth interviews with leading corporate governance experts. So please listen to his latest: James McRitchie: The Gadfly Seeking Corporate Change Via Shareholder Proposals. (more…)
M&A activity is on the rise, and recent decisions by the Delaware Chancery Court make the stakes for directors higher than ever. The businesspersons and lawyers on this panel offered plenty of insights about the life-cycle of a current M&A transaction from initial market check to consummation and then follow-up litigation, pointing out the all-too-frequent […]
Mason Morfit, a partner at ValueAct Capital and one of the most successful shareholder activists in the US, according to the Rock Center announcement, and Abe Friedman, of CJB Capital Management (former Global Head of Corporate Governance & (more…)