Carroll Reed


Recent Articles about Carroll Reed

Record Keeping, Yankee Style

CML adapts as best it can to the ways of its operating companies.  Read more

Tender Offers

Charles Leighton's approach to managing acquisitions is enough to make even the most independent private business owner want to be bought.  Read more

The Farm Team

An acquirer cultivates a "farm team" of promising young companies not yet ready for acquisition.  Read more

Customer Service;

Many chief executive officers go out of their way to solicit customer complaints, but few are as clever about it as Charles Leighton, founder and chairman...  Read more

Smooth Operator

Interview with a successful corporate raider.  Read more