A former top executive at Merrill Lynch who received a $25 million golden parachute after just three months of work has purchased a $37 million Park Avenue palace.
Peter Kraus, 55, paid the staggering sum for a five-bedroom co-op on New York's posh Park Avenue after getting a $25 million buyout from Merrill Lynch when the company was sold to Bank of America in September, the New York Post reported.
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The 15-room apartment — featuring 11-foot-high ceilings, four fireplaces, three maid's rooms, a mahogany-paneled library and a gym upstairs — sold for twice what the previous owners, Democratic fund-raisers Carl Spielvogel and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, paid for it nearly two years ago, the Post reported.
Although he did not officially start work until September, Kraus hit it big after just a couple of days in office, when the Merrill Lynch's CEO sold the company to Bank of America for $50 billion during the market meltdown. [...]
disgusting
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ReplyDeleteIt was an agreed upon contractual agreement between him and his employer.
Chaim said...
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It was an agreed upon contractual agreement between him and his employer.
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If the employer doesn't have money to pay the agreement - why do the taxpayers have to provide it?
If the employer doesn't have money to pay the agreement - why do the taxpayers have to provide it?
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A) Merrill Lynch received no taxpayer bailout. (It was bought out privately by Bank of America.)
B) Even if it had been rescued (which M.L. hadn't), the employee-employer contractual agreement was signed and sealed prior to any subsequent rescue. How would the institution be absolved of its contractual obligations?
Peter Kraus is Jewish, yes?
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