RIP Vernon Jordan - one of the GOAT Black insiders

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I discovered this man about 10 years ago when learning about general business. He used to sit on 10 different large companies board of directors. To be fair it was all connections due to Clinton as Vernon didn’t have much business background. He took advantage and ran with it earning 1 million $ per year as he should. Board administration critics called that era where directors could juggle multiple boards membership “The Vernon Jordan era”. RIP.

Many of the boards that he was on actually predated Clinton so I wouldn't say this is a fair characterization.

And I think its a bit unkind to attribute many of a man's talents and successes to others, but, Jordan didn't really jump into the big leagues until he married Ann Dibble Cook. It was Ann's influence, not Clinton's, that got him in many doors. The Clinton association was just a cherry on top.

 

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PBS ditched regular programming and airing their Vernon Jordan documentary Make It Plain.

RIGHT NOW

 

[pete clemenza]

RIP to a legend. Hell of life and career. Powerful Boule member he was

 

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I'm not going to act as though I knew who he was, but the Tweet itself is enough to warrant having enough respect to do a quick Google search.

Hope the elder is at peace. A lot of people talk about "We are not our parents generation" but the fact of the matter is they paved the way for us to reach greater heights.

Wouldn't hurt people to have a bit more respect. Even if you don't agree with every move they made, learn from it.

What heights have we reached because of them?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

What heights have we reached because of them?

They crossed boundaries to make even the mere notion of letting us in the door isn’t as controversial or arouse such opposition

 

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