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{{a|g|[[File:Gecko.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Gordon Gecko, yesterday. He’s looking a bit tired in this photo.]]}}Apocryphal target of a hostile takeover by apocryphal corporate raider [[Gordon Gekko]] in Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie ''[[Wall Street]]''. | {{a|g|[[File:Gecko.jpg|450px|thumb|center|Gordon Gecko, yesterday. He’s looking a bit tired in this photo.]]}}Apocryphal target of a hostile takeover by apocryphal corporate raider [[Gordon Gekko]] in Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie ''[[Wall Street]]''. | ||
It was during an ''extraordinary'' [[extraordinary general meeting]] at [[Teldar Paper]] shareholders that Gekko sought to persuade investors that “…greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” | It was during an ''extraordinary'' [[extraordinary general meeting]] at [[Teldar Paper]] shareholders that Gekko sought to persuade investors that: | ||
{{quote|“…greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”}} | |||
This launched a thousand aspiring political careers from [[Snowflake|well-meaning teenaged lefties]] who are now executives at bulge bracket [[investment bank]]s. | This launched a thousand aspiring political careers from [[Snowflake|well-meaning teenaged lefties]] who are now executives at bulge bracket [[investment bank]]s. | ||