The New York Post and New York Times are reporting that one of the reasons that Citigroup CEO Chuck Prince ousted the head of its wealth management business was that he didn’t like the fact that Todd Thomson shuttled personal friends, including CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo, around on the corporate jet.
“A CNBC spokesman later said: ‘Maria sought and received approval in advance to fly to Asia on Citi’s jet. Billing was handled between CNBC’s corporate parent and Citi.’
“Bartiromo, reached via e-mail in Davos, Switzerland, said any connection to Thomson’s departure was ‘flat-out wrong.’
“Thomson, who the firm said left to ‘pursue other interests,’ couldn’t be reached for comment yesterday. Not long ago, he was considered among the front-runners to succeed Prince and was even moved into his current job to be groomed for a run at the CEO post.”
Read more here. The Times story also had a similar quote from a CNBC spokesman.
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I thought the story was that while Thomson flew with his staff "TO" Asia, he flew "HOME" to NYC with only Bartiromo, leaving the staff to fly commercially (at least, that's how I thought I heard it originally reported). Which is the true account?