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I am going to do some drastic editing with information from the book. This will also affect some related articles, such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., RJR Nabisco, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, Henry Kravis, George F. Roberts, F. Ross Johnson, H. John Greeniaus, Forstmann Little & Company, Nicholas C. Forstmann, Theodore J. Forstmann, William Brian Little, and Barbarians at the Gate (movie). - Joseph 02:41, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
I don't agree that Johnson started the LBO because he thought Premier was going to fail.
The main stated reason why Ross Johnson started the LBO process in the book is because he felt that the share price (low 40s at the time) didn't reflect the true worth of the company and thought that an LBO was the best way to return value to the shareholders.
There are several passages in the book where Johnson tries to enthuse people about Premier, which suggests that he is hopeful, if misguided, about its possibility of sucess.
The subject line pretty much sums it up. The article describes points of view only in the movie. It makes much of events that were tertiary in the book. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.111.110.192 ( talk) 04:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
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I am going to do some drastic editing with information from the book. This will also affect some related articles, such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., RJR Nabisco, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney, Henry Kravis, George F. Roberts, F. Ross Johnson, H. John Greeniaus, Forstmann Little & Company, Nicholas C. Forstmann, Theodore J. Forstmann, William Brian Little, and Barbarians at the Gate (movie). - Joseph 02:41, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)
I don't agree that Johnson started the LBO because he thought Premier was going to fail.
The main stated reason why Ross Johnson started the LBO process in the book is because he felt that the share price (low 40s at the time) didn't reflect the true worth of the company and thought that an LBO was the best way to return value to the shareholders.
There are several passages in the book where Johnson tries to enthuse people about Premier, which suggests that he is hopeful, if misguided, about its possibility of sucess.
The subject line pretty much sums it up. The article describes points of view only in the movie. It makes much of events that were tertiary in the book. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.111.110.192 ( talk) 04:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC).