Chapter 806: Change
Of course, this does not mean that Motorola Mobility needs to completely abandon their production capabilities. Even if it is a certain independent need, they will eventually retain at least part of the manufacturing factory.
Therefore, at least Motorola's production base in Jinmen, China will definitely be retained, instead of being sold directly to Google like the original time and space.
In order to complete the restructuring of Motorola Mobility, under Barron's instruction, Ivanta specially invited Lawrence Culp to serve as the CEO of Motorola Mobility.
During his tenure as CEO of Danaher Corporation since 2000, he led Danaher Corporation's successful transformation, with revenue and market value increasing fivefold. Therefore, he was listed as one of the "Top 50 CEOs in the World" by Harvard Business Review.
And Barron knew that in his previous life, Lawrence Culp would serve as CEO of General Electric (GE) in 2018 and successfully save the company through cost cutting and asset sales, as well as debt repayment.
The work that Lawrence Culp needs to do at Motorola Mobility will also be similar business restructuring and cost reduction to first achieve the goal of turning losses into profits.
"I heard that Google has basically stopped investing in the GOS system and will abolish this department later or merge it into other departments..."
Barron was not surprised by the news Ivanta said.
After all, Motorola was an important member of the GOS system camp before this, but it is obvious that after Motorola Mobility was acquired by IC Capital, it will only retain the research and development of Android system mobile phones...
As for Google, based on the performance of the previous GOS system, it is simply impossible for them to spend a lot of money to buy Motorola Mobility like Barron did in his previous life - and the sales of Motorola's GOS mobile phones are very disappointing, even if Google management has the urge to do this, and their shareholders will try to prevent it from happening.
Therefore, when Motorola is destined to withdraw from the GOS camp, Google has fewer and fewer partners in mobile operating systems - those mobile phone manufacturers are not stupid, and can see the future trend, and there is no need to buck the trend. for.
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"Forbes" magazine still released its latest ranking of the world's richest people in March this year.
In this rich list, benefiting from the recovery of the world economy, the number and total assets of the world's billionaires have both hit record highs.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim tops the rich list again with a net worth of $74 billion, extending his lead since last year...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor and "stock god" Warren Buffett ranked second and third respectively, with assets of US$56 billion and US$50 billion respectively.
As for Barron, due to his continuous “donations” to charity over the years, his ranking on the rich list has dropped to fifth place this year...
Of course, he also gained a good reputation among the public as a philanthropist, and according to statistics, last year alone, Barron attended more than 50 charity-related activities...
In the past year alone, companies and trust funds owned by Barron have donated more than $1 billion to non-profit organizations including the Devon Hill Charitable Foundation and the Prosperous Earth Foundation (PEF).
These nominal "donations" will also provide Barron with influence in other aspects.
The Thriving Planet Foundation, currently led by David Miliband, has offices in several countries including Australia, Asia and West Africa.
"We will first start with educational institutions and media, cooperate with some universities in these countries, and screen young people with social responsibility to help them grow. At the same time, we will shape these young 'opinion leaders' to have a good impression of us, so as to influence the younger generations of these countries.”
David Miliband has moved very quickly since Barron decided to join the Thriving Planet Foundation during their last meeting.
David Miliband himself has many resources in this area. After investing funds, a relatively complete framework was quickly put in place.
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As early as February, Kolo President Jammeh Bongo had announced the time for Kolo’s general elections.
This time the general election is still scheduled for March 20.
According to previous relevant surveys, the two candidates in this election, Soba Fleming from the Colo People's Party and Thomas Kabore from the Colo Socialist Party, have a support rate significantly ahead of other small candidates. partisan.
The support ratings of Soba Fleming and Thomas Kabore are very close, so it is difficult to determine who will win the final victory before then.
Soba Fleming qualified as candidate in an internal competition within the Kolo People's Party and was supported by Jammeh Bongo.
Thomas Kabore has competed twice with Jammeh Bongo for the position of President Kolo, which can be regarded as repeated defeats.
In terms of media reports, the West African Media Group did not carry out overtly biased reports and basically held a neutral attitude.
However, when the election in Colo ended, it did not go beyond Barron's expectations. Thomas Kabore of the Colo Socialist Party received more votes than Soba Fleming and was eventually elected as the new president of Colo.
This is also the first time that the Kolo Socialist Party has won the general election.
After the results were announced, Soba Fleming held a press conference, admitted his failure, and said that he would continue to lead the Kolo People's Party and supervise the development of Kolo.
Thomas Kaboré will succeed the presidency after Jammeh Bongo's term ends in a month.
As for Jammeh Bongo, after congratulating Thomas Kaboré on his victory, he said that after the end of his presidency, he would no longer hold any government position, and would instead enter the University of Kolo, which has moved to the capital Britta, as the president of the University of Kolo.
Of course, the Jammeh Bongo family has already acquired some shares of the West African Group at this time. With this part of wealth alone, their family has become one of the richest families in Kolo, and even in the entire West Africa.
According to his plan, after his eldest son Nicola Bongo graduates from Cambridge University, he will also return to Kolo and join the Kolo People's Party.
I believe that with the help of Jammeh Bongo, Nicola Bongo, who inherited his political legacy, will definitely be able to make a difference in the political arena of Kolo.
Perhaps, he will become the future president of Kolo...
