Barbarians in the Boardroom

Activist investors have sent shockwaves through corporations as they tirelessly target

individual directors and executives at some of the worlds largest companies. No longer

satisfied with operating on the fringes of business, they are now a firm fixture in the

boardroom.

Barbarians in the Boardroom tells a captivating story of boardroom battles, discarded

CEOs and ever more adventurous activists. Chronicling many of the foremost C Suite

campaigns of recent years, it profiles and interviews the steadfast protagonists and

tenacious mavericks from investor campaigns as diverse as Microsoft, Yahoo, Hewlett-

Packard, Walgreens Boots, DuPont, Allergan, Alliance Trust and Darden Restaurants.

Exposing what it is that activists typically demand from target companies and how they

make them bend to their will, award-winning journalist Owen Walker reveals how some

of the worlds largest companies fared when pursued by activists and discloses the

sometimes startling and unintended outcomes once the hostilities are over.