A Role Model For Zuckerberg, Bayer at the Finish Line: Charts

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And don't miss Chris Bryant on VW's succession plan: "While another change so soon after Mueller's predecessor, Martin Winterkorn, departed is abrupt and unsettling, VW shareholders will no doubt be delighted by the appointment. That’s not because Mueller did a bad job. It's just that Diess is a famed cost-killer, having earned his stripes at BMW AG. And VW, one of the world’s biggest private sector employers and one of its industry’s most carefree spenders, has plenty of fat to cut."

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Max Nisen is a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering biotech, pharma and health care. He previously wrote about management and corporate strategy for Quartz and Business Insider.

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