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TheShareholderActivist.com co-founder Christopher Bayer on why shareholders should take a more active role in the companies they are invested in.
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It's also pretty compelling pictures coming at a shareholder meetings this week protesters are unhappy -- General Electric and Wells Fargo Fargo taking it to the street.
Shutting down some streets these uprisings by the way are not just outside the shareholder meetings.
There's growing unrest growing inside at some shareholder meetings as well we've got someone who says a shareholder revolution.
Is coming he's Christopher -- is the co-founder of the shareholder activist dot com to find revolution.
Revolution is when people want to create change.
And the shareholder world they are concerned with sustainability.
We are -- -- owners of our companies in America and we wanna make sure they're run properly we believe in.
It's a proper stewardship and corporate governance.
That's very interest in fifteen years ago changed -- -- one of our guest bloggers.
Created -- website -- cook court -- dot net.
It would take conform minutes to survey the field when he got home from work today either 34 million hits when you -- -- quirk of governance dot com.
In our mission is to create an educated shareholder population who believes that we have a right to hold.
-- companies that we Cologne as partners to their stated mission -- Surely you do when -- some issues you know executive pay and so forth were shareholders should step up and and play a more active role but you don't want to micromanage too much if you have too many people.
Mean that's why we -- representatives democracy and our country today is that you have to many people.
It too many cooks in the kitchen and -- can ruin the broth no absolutely.
Regarding executive compensation in America.
The average CEO earns more than 450 times the average shall we we know the figure but let me just focus you on that an -- -- -- -- how do you avoid.
Getting -- would -- that is micromanaging.
And interfering with executive authority where it's needed.
You have to have a responsible shareholder activist program which we have.
We have a website with tools where people can read our.
And -- over holder campaigns our mission and -- logo is don't just dispute contribute.
So we are totally positively -- it.
OK but Christopher is it positively -- -- to shut down the -- different shut down.
Entire cities -- these protests of course get a lot of attention their helicopters news helicopters covering them.
In away.
Why can they not look at some of these companies and say these companies are employing hundreds of thousands of people out there.
And there is a proxy that you can use to but you can -- If you -- -- hope.
-- and you can also use your dollar about don't know the shares of the -- If you don't like how it's -- I agree essentially.
Don't just dispute contribute get active go to meetings right to the company.
Try to integrate your cells into the company try to get your company's to have shareholders' on the board.
And be participating.
Homeowners were partners we all need each other Christopher bear -- feel we're going to be hearing more from -- with a shareholder activist good to see a thank you Greg thank you very yeah.
