Boardroom Sieges

Boardroom Sieges Media

Inside the high-pressure hotel suites and closed-door votes of legendary corporate raids, activist investor campaigns, and bitter boardroom coups.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    Netflix’s Decision at the Customer’s Door

    Netflix’s Decision at the Customer’s Door Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. We cannot reconstruct an unreported meeting, but we can examine the decisions customers were asked to live with. In 2011, Netflix separated DVD and streaming plans, proposed a further brand split, and then had to reckon with the reaction. Netflix’s 2011 price separation and the proposed Qwikster websites were related but different customer decisions

  2. Nov 1

    Financing the Bottleneck: The High-Stakes Bargain Behind EUV

    Financing the Bottleneck: The High-Stakes Bargain Behind EUV Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. Today’s contest is fought through funding commitments, an acquisition, and control over a critical industrial capability. Chipmakers helped finance ASML’s next-generation work; ASML bought light-source specialist Cymer. We examine the bargaining power that forms when an entire industry needs a supplier to succeed.

  3. Oct 25

    Mentor, Rival, Merger: The Price Club–Costco Contest

    Mentor, Rival, Merger: The Price Club–Costco Contest Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. Today’s conflict is not a hostile takeover. It is a mentor’s company facing the chain built by his former pupil, then joining forces in 1993. We examine the merger, the purchasing power it created, and the discipline required not to squander it.

  4. Oct 18

    The $6.9 Billion Move to Control the AI Network

    The $6.9 Billion Move to Control the AI Network Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. No proxy fight defines this story. The decisive corporate move was Nvidia’s purchase of Mellanox, bringing vital networking technology closer to its accelerators. Today, we examine why controlling the connections between machines can matter as much as winning the chip.

  5. Oct 11

    The Birkin, the Family, and the Luxury Empire at the Gates

    The Birkin, the Family, and the Luxury Empire at the Gates Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. Today, LVMH’s stake in Hermès brings a question of control into sharp focus. When your most famous product gains value from restraint, who gets to decide how fast the company grows? This is a defense of more than family ownership.

  6. Oct 4

    The Cleveland Massacre and the Long Siege of Standard Oil

    The Cleveland Massacre and the Long Siege of Standard Oil Welcome to Boardroom Sieges. Today, Cleveland refinery owners confront purchase offers and an alarming question about tomorrow’s freight rates. Standard Oil buys 22 competitors in less than three months. Decades later, federal lawyers challenge the command structure those purchases helped create.

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Inside the high-pressure hotel suites and closed-door votes of legendary corporate raids, activist investor campaigns, and bitter boardroom coups.

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  • Creator
    Boardroom Sieges Media
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Boardroom Sieges Media
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    Boardroom Sieges