Sumner Redstone: More King Lear, Less Benjamin Button
In the February issue of Portfolio, Lloyd Grove writes a truly epic takedown of media mogul Sumner Redstone in which he makes the octogenarian who controls Viacom and CBS sound like a cross between an old man and a crazy person.
During one of the best moments, Grove shares an anecdote about Redstone comparing himself to Benjamin Button before suggesting that the mogul more closely resembles another tragic figure:
“Your headline,” the old mogul suggests, “should be ‘The Curious Case of Sumner Redstone.'”…
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