LectureHop: Vikram Pandit
quite the commotion lately, spoke to a surprisingly positive audience in Low last night as part of Columbia’s World Leader’s Forum lecture series. Principles of Economics Bureau Chief David Hu gives us the report from on high.”>
Citigroup’s CEO Vikram Pundit, who has been causing quite the commotion lately, spoke to a surprisingly positive audience in Low last night as part of Columbia’s World Leader’s Forum lecture series. Principles of Economics Bureau Chief David Hu gives us the report from on high.
No, it’s not SIPA graduation, but Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup and 4-time Columbia graduate, is speaking at Columbia regardless. He spoke yesterday as part of Columbia’s World Leaders Forum lecture series—a situation that some found surprising, due to the fact that Pandit isn’t a president of a nation or even a high-ranking government official. Nevertheless, recent World Leaders Forum talks have been focused the current economic climate, so it makes sense that a person of Pandit’s caliber would talk.
Pandit’s less-than-remarkable run at being a CEO has been well publicized, and PrezBo’s introduction of the speaker did not serve to alleviate these notions. He spoke of the recent economic collapse of Citigroup, how it “all came to a head” under Pandit’s reign, and how the CEO has been harshly criticized for this situation. However, Bollinger did say that those who knew Pandit were surprised at these allegations, frequently mentioning his intellect and academic nature and describing his otherwise seemingly successful career in detail.
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29 April 2010 @ 11:09 AM · 1 comment
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