Tom perkins would be a firstballot shooin. He has earned a fortune, and, boy, does he know how to spend it. [ engine revs, tires screech ] the troubles at hewlettpackard started when thenc. E. O. Carly fiorina was abruptly fired. Out the door. Is that really it was that cold . Thats exactly what happened. Devastated . You had to have been. Of course i was devastated. I was hurt. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im lesley stahl. In this edition, we examine the boardroom intrigue at hewlettpackard between 2005 and 2007. It was a tumultuous saga that led to criminal charges, executive firings, accusations of sexism, and lots and lots of fingerpointing. And in the midst of it all, three of the protagonists told me their sides of the story pattie dunn, thomas perkins, and Carly Fiorina. We begin with pattie dunn. It was 2005, and she was appointed chairman of hewlettpackard. Yet just 20 months later, dunn was gone from hp due to her participation in an internal investigation that involved spy
The wall street journal and joined me. I asked if he regretted the comparison. Yes. I talked to the head of the antidefamation league, this morning following up on a letter i sent over the weekend apologizing for the use of the word kristallnacht. It was a terrible word to have chosen. I like many have tried to understand the 20th century and the incomprehensible and evil of the holocaust. It cannot be explained, even to try to explain is questionable. It is wrong. It is evil. I used the word because during the occupy of San Francisco by the occupy wall street crowd, they broke the windows into the wells fargo bank. They marched up through our automobile strip. And they broke on the windows in the luxury car dealerships. I saw that and i remember the police stood by frozen. I said, well, this is how kristallnacht began. I do not necessarily need to read from this letter. If youre interested, i can. Well, i deeply apologize. This the letter i wrote to the antidefamation league. I apolog
Wall street journal but joined me for an exclusive interview. I talked to the head of the antideaf mags league, abeprosmham this morning. Following up on a letter i sent over the weekend apologizing for the use of the word crystal knox. It was a terrible word to have chosen. I, like many, have tried to nderstand the 20th century and the incomprehensible evil of the holocaust. It cant be explained even to try to explain it is questionable. Its wrong. Its evil. Now, i used the word because during the occupy of San Francisco by the occupy wall reet crowd, they broke the windows in the wells fargo bank, they marched up to our automobile strip on van ness avenue and broke all the windows in all the luxury car dealerships. And i saw thats, irmed that the police just stood by frozen. And i thought, well, this is how crystal knox began. So that word was in my mind. I did, i dont necessarily need to read from this letter but if youre interested i can. Sure. Go ahead. Well, i deeply apologize th
Worst thing to ever happen in Human History and nothing, nothing can possibly be compared to it ever. Well, as i am sure you have heard tom perkin who is the proud owner of the biggest yacht on planet earth and a venture capitalist managed to do it to be absolutely specific in a letter published in the wall street journal, perkins compared the up rest over hightech riches in San Francisco, the attacks on google buses and whatnot to kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. He later said he regretted the reference. Now, normally onings this kind of imbusiness cilic behavior but even his own company could not. Kleiner perkins, of which he is the perkins part wrote tom perkins not been involved in the company in years. We were shocked by his views expressed today in the wall street journal and do not agree. Washington post columnist vivic west spreads the blame, not perkins alone, he writes, but ceos and venture capitalist and even regular employees who have lost touch. With us this morni
For business tycoons, tom perkins would be a firstballot shooin. He has earned a fortune, and, boy, does he know how to spend it. [ engine revs, tires screech ] the troubles at hewlettpackard started when thenc. E. O. Carly fiorina was abruptly fired. Out the door. Is that really it was that cold . Thats exactly what happened. Devastated . You had to have been. Of course i was devastated. I was hurt. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im lesley stahl. In this edition, we examine the boardroom intrigue at hewlettpackard between 2005 and 2007. It was a tumultuous saga that led to criminal charges, executive firings, accusations of sexism, and lots and lots of fingerpointing. And in the midst of it all, three of the protagonists told me their sides of the story pattie dunn, thomas perkins, and Carly Fiorina. We begin with pattie dunn. It was 2005, and she was appointed chairman of hewlettpackard. Yet just 20 months later, dunn was gone from hp due to her participation in an internal investiga