Engaged Capital, a hedge fund, has gained the support of the founding family of VF Corp, VFC.N, in its push for board seats and faster change at the struggling owner of the North Face, Vans, and Timberland brands. The Barbey family, who owns about 15% of VF, wants two directors on...
TSCM, in which he owns a stake. (Rocker has said in the past that he exerts no editorial control over TheStreet.com). Rocker and partner Cohodes also confront company executives with probing questions in public, during roadshows, conference calls and industry conferences. Doing just that ...
As he has gotten older, he has developed expensive tastes; he owns a million-dollar house in the Hamptons and another retreat in Ireland. Twenty years ago he began to build a business in corporate public relations. At first Scanlon’s campaigns were a model of corporate responsibility: he ...