Starboard pushes Autodesk board to weigh CEO change, cost cuts

Starboard pushes Autodesk board to weigh CEO change, cost cuts

Autodesk president and CEO Andrew Anagnost in June 2017. CNBC Activist investor Starboard Value has been engaging with the board of Autodesk, continuing its push to improve the company’s operations and financial performance, according to a presentation viewed by CNBC. Starboard wants Autodesk’s board to reassess whether CEO Andrew Anagnost, who has helmed the software … Read more

Activist Starboard took a stake in Match. How the investor may help build value

Activist Starboard took a stake in Match. How the investor may help build value

The Match dating application is displayed on an Apple iPhone. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Match Group (MTCH) Business: Match Group provides dating products worldwide. The company’s portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Match, The League, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge and PlentyOfFish. Match’s services are available in over 40 languages to users all over … Read more

Hinge operator Match Group fix itself or go private

Hinge operator Match Group fix itself or go private

Jeff Smith, chief executive officer of Starboard Value LP, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starboard Value has amassed a roughly 6.5% stake in online dating company Match Group and is pushing the company to either make changes that would improve margins or go … Read more

Match adds two directors in deal with activist investor

Match adds two directors in deal with activist investor

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tinder and Hinge operator Match Group added two new directors and signed an agreement with Elliott Management, months after the activist investor was reported to have taken a stake in the company, Match announced on Monday. Instacart Chief Marketing Officer Laura Jones and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff will join … Read more

Activist Elliott builds roughly 13% stake in Etsy, secures board seat

Activist Elliott builds roughly 13% stake in Etsy, secures board seat

Etsy Sellers Market in Times Square celebrating Etsy’s celebration going IPO at Nasdaq on April 16, 2015 in New York City. Paul Zimmerman |  Getty Images Activist investor Elliott Management has a “sizable” investment in e-commerce firm Etsy, which announced on Thursday that Elliott partner Marc Steinberg would join the company’s board. The activist investor … Read more

Activist investor Elliott reportedly takes $1 billion stake in Match

Activist investor Elliott reportedly takes  billion stake in Match

(L-R) Gary Swidler, chief financial officer of Match Group, Greg Blatt, chairman of Match Group, Sam Yagan, CEO of Match Group and co-founder and CEO of OkCupid and Nelson Griggs, vice president of Nasdaq, pose for a photo in Times Square after celebrating Match Group’s initial public offering (IPO) at the NASDAQ stock exchange on … Read more