john-mack-and-cher.jpgSleeping late, stepping on grapes, and attending Cher concerts– as a VIP, natch– mostly.

As Mr. Gorman continues to get his stride, he will have Mr. Mack peering over his shoulder as chairman for at least the next two years. Mr. Mack says he’s looking forward to spending more time at his Tuscan vineyard and shows off a picture of himself standing beside Cher backstage in Las Vegas, as well as other mementos from a 40-year career. “I really like my new role,” he says. “I didn’t come to work until 9:30 today!”

James Gorman’s Challenge At Morgan Stanley [NYT]

Comments (26)

  1. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM

    Where are the clients' Tuscan vineyards?

  2. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM

    Cher:Finance types::Bette:?

  3. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:20 AM

    Barney Frank is so jealous Mack got to go backstage at a Cher concert that he's going to haul him in for another subcommittee hearing.

  4. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:24 AM

    @3, Barney much more jealous of this:
    “Listen, this would not work if I wasn’t his man,” says Mr. Gorman. “We have a terrific relationship.”
    On a recent afternoon, the two men posed in Mr. Gorman’s doorway, arms around each other’s shoulders, demonstrating their camaraderie.
    “We do this every day,” says Mr. Gorman, joking, while Mr. Mack smiles beside him.
    Mr. Gorman acknowledges, however, that the alternative — fighting with Mr. Mack — would be a terrifying prospect.
    “I would not box John,” he says. “He has big shoulders.”

  5. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:25 AM

    @4 you know what they say about guy's with big shoulders…
    -PJ

  6. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:36 AM

    phenomenal and horrifying photo.

  7. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:45 AM

    Mack has sort of "Ken Griffin look" thing going on there.

  8. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:50 AM
  9. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    5- big adam's apples?

  10. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM

    @9 getting closer
    -pj/5

  11. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    She has huge hands!
    -Jerry Seinfeld

  12. Posted by Anal_yst | January 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    Is that a pic of Mack with Yael?

  13. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    @anal_yst- you are so painfully unfunny.

  14. Posted by Bob Rubin | January 19, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    “I really like my new role…I didn’t come to work until 9:30 today!”
    Words I live by

  15. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    @1 So true. I would also ask where are his former workers he laid off's Tuscan Vineyards, Bridgehampton mansions and Ferraris ?

  16. Posted by Pfluger the Barbaria | January 19, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    Deep down, I am jealous of Mack.
    - LB the twirp

  17. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    Put lye in his coffee.

  18. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Yeah, he'll be doing those things until Sanberg rolls on him for a reduced sentence. Then he'll be on the Tuscan Vineyard talking to his lawyer about extradition treaties between the US and Italy with his lawyer…

  19. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    @19 saMberg you dumb fuck.

  20. Posted by volatilitysmile | January 19, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    May he enjoy swift and sudden drought on his vines. A plague on all his houses.
    Buying your way back to where your ancestors were chased from with stones (probably for the same types of antics, after all, it's in the gene pool).
    PS/ How do you say Guido and Jersey Shore in Lebanese?

  21. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:26 AM

    @20 What's the difference?
    -19

  22. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Anal_yst, you sir, are an idiot.
    -not @14, but a fan of his work.

  23. Posted by volatilitysmile | January 19, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    @ Anal_yst: GMAT score? I hope you get accepted to a challenging programme. Hopefully it will test the limits of your productivity.

  24. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    JM looks good.

  25. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    @1 funny

  26. Posted by guest | January 19, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    Well this should be worth a bigger bonus check. Oh, thats right, he's working for a dollar a year…..that's the reason Cher is on him like glue. Ain't life grand Ma?

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