Before John Mack famously fired his gal-pal Zoe Cruz from Morgan Stanley a few years back, the two were best of friends. Peas in a pod. Bosom buddies. You get the idea. So it came as a bit of a shock when he decided to do the chivalrous thing by canning her because (choose one) a. (In some people’s estimation) she was to blame for the company losing a few billion dollars b. A lot of people disliked her and told Mack they would leave if he made Cruz CEO c. Mack had to blame either himself or Cruz for some losses and he chose her. d. She was, you know, a girl, and the boys didn’t like that. No one would have blamed her for proceeding to spend her days sticking pins in a Mack voodoo doll and/or keying his car. And while it’s entirely possible she did both those things right after getting the boot and prior to forming her own hedge fund, Voras Capital Management, at this point she’s apparently over it, and would actually like to give Mack, who she only refers to as “that prick” among friends and only before adding “I’m messing, of course”, a hand. Deal Journal reports:
Cruz recently gave a keynote address at a banquet at the Stanford School of Business. In October, she started her own hedge fund, Voras Capital Management, and says it was good to get the “shove” from her “comfort zone.”
“Not many leave the comfort of the known voluntarily. Most, including me, need a good shove,” Cruz told the mostly female group sponsored by the MBA Women in Management club. She added: “But these periods of being shoved outside my comfort zone were the ones that helped me grow the most as a person.” The third major “shove” she experienced was being fired from Morgan Stanley by her one-time supporter, company chairman and CEO John Mack.
She apparently did not mention Vikram, who some believe was influential in Cruz getting the boot. So it’s safe to assume His Jolliness he should continue watching his back.
So you’re saying, Anomymous & I have no reason to feel guilty about recent events?
-guest
The bitch deserved. She is lucky I didn’t stab her in the eye and fucked her in the cavity in which said eye resided.
- Mack The “Motherfucking” Knife
Mack fired her because she confused a Cleveland Steamer for a Tijuana Crime Scene….he was not happy …so “shoved” her from her “comfort zone”….
I just sat wrong on a tennis racket and I am now blooding out my assness during a conference call.
i would like to give her a push in her comfort zone
That’s a pretty hi-tech setup. Must be the same hardware DB IT used when launching the new site. Ba-zing.
I thought is was cause she was too hawt?
Was I the only person who read that as “… caning her?”
She should have a picture of the MAC in her office with votive candles and be blessing herself everytime she passes his picture. I guess she’s still pissed that she had to cash her chips in at $50.
Tim Geithner’s long lost twin sister?
In this story, Bess = Mack, Cruz = Kouwe.
and this story is important because……….?
@12 because Bess decides what we shall read, never question Queen Bess. Go with it, remember the comments are the toppings!
I would tap Zoe, but from her short haircut I think she only likes dark triangles….
Zoe was a fool, and Mack a bigger fool for promoting her into positions she had no right to be anywhere near. He fired her because it was either him or her. Easiest decision he ever made. The Lebanese Management style strikes again.
Remind me why Mack is allowed to still be chairman at Morgan? What the hell has he EVER done to help the company. Does anyone think Zoe approved those trades without Mack looking over her shoulder. He was totally responsible for an $11 Billion loss!
@15 – I don’t think you ‘get’ Dealbreaker. This is more about the malice than it is about the finance.
i’d hit it. she is beautiful.
Someone call Kenny Loggins, she’s in the comfort zone. No..wait, damnit! I get that song wrong all the time.
Short Hair = Crazy B*tch. ALl she needs is those wild eyes with the 30 yard stare.
@16 malance?
How does this hoe figure that after she loses $4B, she will then launch a hedge fund??? Take note Jerome, it’s soon time to launch your very own.
John Mack?
All this time, I’ve been thinking Zoe Cruz owed her success to performing sexual favors for CEO Phil Purcell. Now, I find out it’s John Mack. I’ve got to stop getting my intel from Wikipedia.
@17 – http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/12/1210_best_worst_people/image/zoe_cruz.jpg
@13 the chicken is the bun.
-Ernie
Her real last name is Papadimitriou. Jamie Dimon’s grandfather Ted Sr. changed his last name to Dimon from… Papademetriou.
I’m not sayin’…
I’m just sayin’.
WTF? Is @12 questioning the wisdom of Queen Bess?