The world. And i have to say i personally was shocked to see that the journal would publish Something Like this, when we had sent them over a thousand pages of documentation demonstrating that the statements in their piece were false. Bill george is Harvard Business School Professor and cnbc contributor. Jeffrey sonnenfeld is associate dean with yale school of management. Great to have you with us. Collectively, including jeff who is going to join us soon, you called the science into question, you called the company a scam. You called the ceo a bad actor. A lot of ground to cover here. Lets start off with you. You equate Elizabeth Holmes with the likes of mike pierson, the outgoing ceo at valeant and Martin Shkreli, the bad boy poster child of bio vehictech. Theyre doing great harm to the pharmaceutical industry. And such a contrast to somebody like ken frazer at merck. It worries me a great deal, particularly in a Political Year when they get a lot of political pushback. Theranos has
I had the determination to be a professional tennis player. I had some qualifying tournaments and had some success, but i came to the conclusion i couldnt be great, and that was important to me, so i had to let go of it. It was a very, very difficult thing to do, but it helped me in ways i couldnt foresee at the time when i was thinking about selling my oil and Gas Exploration basis, that was difficult too. Id done it once before or and survive ised that, so it was a great enthusiasm of mine to be able to go take some time off and learn about things i didnt know about. Host whered you grow up . Guest i was born in oak park, illinois, but i spent most of my time if dallas. My parents are from oklahoma, but moved to dallas in 1960. I was educated there, went to several different colleges and, ultimately, built my Business Career working out of dallas. Host when did you get interested in art and history . Guest ive always been interested in history, but i really didnt know much about art.
Art, and in some cases that makes it more difficult. There are nazi inventory card codes that do evidence the acquiring of these works of art, theft. Theyre not a legal ownership title, but they document how these works of art are acquired, photographed, inventoried, codes assigned to the families indicating what number of object it is from the families, and those documents were found by the Monuments Men and were used at the nuremberg trials ask very, very important in helping to return these object toss the people they were stolen from. Liz terry, please go ahead with your question or comment for jeff bezos. Caller i was wondering if you had any opinion on the art work and obvious destruction that the Catholic Church has perpetrated over the centuries to art works and if they should be held accountable . Peter we have more immediate problems in places like syria where we seek works of art, these things belong to all of us and should be a concern for all of us about seeing them destro
Remarkable heroes and five of them were still living. Why do you move to florence . I was in Oil Exploration business and had some success over 15 years. I was 39 years old id wanted something more meaningful but it was difficult to carve out space to break free of the gravitational pull. My son was two years old so it seemed like a great opportunity to take a break to learn about the noise i was always interested and here we are. What was your first career . The second was wheel . I did play in some qualifying tournaments it had a success but i could not be great so i had to let go of it. But tell me in ways it could not foresee at the time. That was difficult to let go of my identity. Soviet was the great enthusiasm to take time off. Where did you grow up . Oak park illinois but most of my time in dallas. My parents for from oklahoma. I was educated there and went to several colleges. When we interested in art and history . Of was always interested in history but my parents could tak
Interviewed and answered questions about his book which is now a major motion picture. In the book, he tells the story until al lied classes i started asking friends in europe and they said you live here, you should know. And it evolved this way having out of questions i could not seen at the beginning writing three books about it. Now a feature film and the foundation continuing the work. It has been a privilege to represent these heroes. And it has been an amazing experience. Why did you move . I was 39 and i had an understanding how quickly 39 becomes 59. I wanted something meaningful. It was difficult carving out space to break through of the pole of established live. My son was two and i wasnt spending time with him like i wanted to. It seemed like an opportunity to take a break and learn about things i am intersted in what was your second career . First was oil . I wanted to be a professional tennis play. I came to the conclusion i wasnt great so i had to let it go. It helped me