Bergerac
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"Pantry Pride, meanwhile, cognizant of the deal that was in the works, was desperately trying to entice Bergerac. Don Engel enlisted Harold Geneen, Bergerac’s old boss at ITT, to pay Bergerac a visit. Geneen, on behalf of Pantry Pride, offered to give Bergerac his parachute, as Perelman had offered before; to give him a second one, which he would be able to cash in in two years; and then to sell him a division, one of the health divisions of his choice, at a favorable price, and finance it for him. “He didn’t spell out favorable price, but these things are understood,” said Bergerac. “So the package they were offering came to close to a hundred million dollars.”"
"IN SEPTEMBER ’86, in the opulent Revlon offices where he and “the Drexels” had arrived as hated interlopers and dropped ashes on Bergerac’s Persian rugs, Perelman now seemed at home. He and Drapkin had liked calling attention to Bergerac’s excesses, particularly the Boeing 727 outfitted with a gun rack for his safaris, and the Revlon offices in Paris which Perelman described as a “castle.” Now the company leased its corporate jet from a Perelman aircraft-leasing company. And now that the “castle” was his Paris headquarters, Perelman had decided not to sell it, after all. He was having the New York offices redecorated. And James, Bergerac’s butler, was now serving Perelman."
"IN SEPTEMBER ’86, in the opulent Revlon offices where he and “the Drexels” had arrived as hated interlopers and dropped ashes on Bergerac’s Persian rugs, Perelman now seemed at home. He and Drapkin had liked calling attention to Bergerac’s excesses, particularly the Boeing 727 outfitted with a gun rack for his safaris, and the Revlon offices in Paris which Perelman described as a “castle.” Now the company leased its corporate jet from a Perelman aircraft-leasing company. And now that the “castle” was his Paris headquarters, Perelman had decided not to sell it, after all. He was having the New York offices redecorated. And James, Bergerac’s butler, was now serving Perelman."
"Pantry Pride, meanwhile, cognizant of the deal that was in the works, was desperately trying to entice Bergerac. Don Engel enlisted Harold Geneen, Bergerac’s old boss at ITT, to pay Bergerac a visit. Geneen, on behalf of Pantry Pride, offered to give Bergerac his parachute, as Perelman had offered before; to give him a second one, which he would be able to cash in in two years; and then to sell him a division, one of the health divisions of his choice, at a favorable price, and finance it for him. “He didn’t spell out favorable price, but these things are understood,” said Bergerac. “So the package they were offering came to close to a hundred million dollars.”"