24/01
2009
2009
“Benatti, a former Italian director of advertising for WPP, was accused of libel last year for calling WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell a “mad dwarf” and was alleged to have secretly pocketed millions of pounds from a deal he helped to broker. WPP’s lawyers, claiming up to 12.5 million pounds for breach of “fiduciary duty,” alleged at a court hearing in London that Benatti was the “secret beneficiary” of most of the proceeds from a 17 million pound takeover of Media Club, an Italian advertising company. Benatti sued back, alleging unfair dismissal. He argued that he was really let go because he had fallen out with Daniela Weber, WPP’s chief operating officer in Italy, with whom he alleged Sorrell was having a relationship. In last year’s libel case, Sorrell accused Benatti of circulating a computer-generated image showing him with Weber labeled “the mad dwarf and the nympho schizo.”
Dall’articolo “The 10 most unethical people in business” di Thomas Kostigen
