Archive for November, 2009

The Skorina Letter No. 6

11 / 15 / 2009
by Charles Skorina | Comments are closed

Doing Good...and Doing Well:

The world's largest private foundation, the Gates Foundation in Seattle, is paying its new CEO nearly $1 million per year. Jeffrey Raikes was an early Microsoft employee who rose to the number three job in the company and, according to Forbes, was personally worth $490 million as of 2003.



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The Skorina Letter No. 5

11 / 09 / 2009
by Charles Skorina | Comments are closed

Wesleyan Looks at Outsourcing:

Another shoe drops at Wesleyan University (the one in Connecticut -- not to be confused with all those other Wesleyans) regarding the quiet departure of chief investment officer Thomas Kannam last month.



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