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If Your Spouse Used to Report to You, You Probably Shouldn’t Be a CEO
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If your spouse used to report to you, you probably shouldn’t be a CEO
It seemed like such a clean break, like snapping off a piece of a Kit Kat bar. Last week, Nestlé, the $244 billion food conglomerate behind some of the world’s most beloved candy and coffee brands, announced that its CEO, Laurent Freixe, had been dismissed for violating the company code of conduct after just one year on the job. An investigation had confirmed reports that he was having an inappropriate relationship with a direct report, the co…
Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, fired his first executive this week – CEO Laurent Freixe – for secretly maintaining a sentimental relationship with a direct subordinate. The dismissal, sounded, took place after a single year in the post, after several anonymous complaints on the company’s internal complaint channel for favor, and two investigations in which Freixe did not tire of denying the alleged romance with the person in question, a marketing…
Nestlé CEO was fired after his mistress caught him with another IP: EADaily
EADaily, September 7th, 2025. Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixet was fired after a top manager - his longtime lover — caught him with another employee in a hotel room in Zurich and filed a complaint, followed by a quick internal investigation. It is reported by the British Daily Mail with reference to the Swiss edition of Inside Paradeplatz.
The proverb brings universal truths that can well be applied to the former CEO of Nestlé, Laurent Freixe. First, that the touch makes the affection and second, a more crude statement that we will not reproduce here but that warns that it is not a good idea to mix work and love.Continue reading...
According to reports from "Inside Paradeplatz", Laurent Freixe was reportedly denounced after being surprised at the hotel with a subordinate even though he had a relationship with a higher-ranking colleague. Nestlé refused to comment on these allegations.
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