The Strange World Of John Mackey
posted by Adam Benforado
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, is an intriguing character and, in the past, I’ve used him (and the company he co-founded) to spark discussion in my Business Organizations class on a range of topics including stakeholder interests (Whole Foods seven “core values” are a nice jumping off point) and corporate compensation (no one at Whole Foods is permitted to earn, as a salary, more than 19 times what the average employee makes), among others.
Thus, I was excited to see a profile of Mackey in the most recent copy of the New Yorker. The article drags at points, but for corporate law scholars I think it’s worth a skim through. In some ways, Mackey is a one-of-a-kind CEO, but his successes, failures, dreams, and theories may be indicative of broader dynamics.
January 4, 2010 at 8:21 am
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