In the Margins

Cisco CEO nominated to BlackRock board

April 7, 2017

By The Wall Street Journal

BlackRock has nominated Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins as a director, making him the first technology chief executive on the board of the world’s largest money manager. Robbins has run Cisco since 2015 and currently doesn’t have any outside corporate board seats. BlackRock shareholders will vote at the May 25 annual meeting. Read the original story from The Wall Street Journal

 

 

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