Dubbed the "Queen of the Corporate Jungle," Dutch-born Holocaust survivor Evelyn Y. Davis has developed a reputation as a corporate gadfly's gadfly. Every year, she travels around the country going to annual meetings and berates executives for pretty much everything: excess compensation, excessive perks, lack of accountability, lack of action, poor results and even their own personal weight gains, according to the USA Today.
Ms. Davis believes that companies are conspiring to hold their annual meetings on the same days to prevent shareholders from being able to attend. Speaking about mortgages, she said that everyone should get 20-year fixed mortgages with 30% down, and that every home buyer should have to take a mandatory class on financial literacy. I certainly agree with the last part of that.
Check out the interview, she's always entertaining, at the very least. Is she a grandstanding publicity hound? You bet. But the sorry state of corporate governance needs more attention, and bless her heart for talking about it long before anyone else was.
Keep going Ms. Davis!
