Some things piss Emerson Electric CEO David Farr off. Some things make him want to kick some goddamned ass. Unfortunately, when he curses up a blue streak like that, it offends the church groups that moonlight as industrials analysts.
In an unusually frank analyst note issued after the meeting, Scott Davis of Barclays Capital said Mr. Farr “is well-liked and proven, yet his questionable outbursts at analyst events and conference calls do not inspire confidence.”
In an interview, Jeffrey Sprague of Vertical Research Partners voiced similar reservations. “I always take such comments from David with a grain of salt, because he is very aggressive, passionate and competitive. I don’t think he means any harm, but I do think he at times goes too far, which needlessly raises investor questions and concerns,” Mr. Sprague said.
In the interests of full disclosure, we offer some of Mr. Farr’s extremely offensive statements, cleaned up for the highly proper readership of The Wall Street Journal.
“We are not a one-trick pony,” Mr. Farr snapped at the Feb. 11 meeting. “If I see that in writing, one more g— d— time, I’m going to tear them apart.”
Mr. Farr, 58 years old, who also is a director of International Business Machines Corp., added: “We do well in China, g— d— it, and I’m not embarrassed by it, but we’re not a g— d— one-trick pony.”
Then came an abortive attempt to make nice: “I apologize for swearing. You guys p— me off when you write that. You haven’t figured that out. And I’ve been training real hard the last couple of years to kick your a—.”
Were you born a fat, slimy, scumbag puke piece o' shit, or did you have to work on it? – Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Emerson Electric Investor Relations
Farr was also quoted as saying that "if I have to read another god damn Shazar post I'm gonna freaking lose it."
Sounds like my kind of man.
Skilling, (in response to an analyst's comments about Enron's inability to produce an earnings statement) and undoubtedly aware that his company's earnings were nonexistent, began to sputter: "You, you, you … Well, uh … thank you very much. We appreciate it ……………. asshole!"
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/10/ceo-anger-manage…
Can I interest you in a slightly used dress?
You're served up this kind of golden raw material and those are the best tags you could come up with?
Good post Jon! Same height bros for life g— d— it!
Barclay's dude talks about inspiring confidence?
All this talk about ponies is making me nervous
I always loved him on M*A*S*H,
You're not kidding.
Har har that is tooooo crazy!
Gee whiz, we are really looking forward to your next comment where you cover the time John Paulson handed it to thw Genworth CEO.
- Said No One, Ever
You should slide over to Fashionista today where you can read an article pertaining your dream of blowing Terry Richardson.
Cool, thanks for the heads up 'Never Lost Money!'. If I wanted to learn how to blow a fashion-conscious New Yorker I'll just text your wife and tell her to meet me at Minetta's.
I'm not impressed. The last time you used "blow a fashion conscious New Yorker" and "Minetta's" in a paragraph was when you were campaigning for the president of Shazar's fan club.
Baby Steps…