• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    CEO is legally required to maximize shareholder returns. Replacement CEO incoming.

    I guess it would be better to make Roblox a non profit but then how they gonna get in front of so many kids…?

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      3 days ago

      Maximizing shareholder value also includes maximizing the non-tangible value of the Roblox brand (something that could be harmed by short-term cash grabs), but unfortunately many investors only think one quarter at a time.

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        3 days ago

        “One quarter at a time” is being generous I think. They think microsecond to microsecond a lot of the time because that’s how you carve corners off of the market.

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      3 days ago

      Not necessarily. Look at apple, they could sell everything they have, land, precious metals, stock, patents and have a bumber year beyond any market history and shareholders would get massive results. The CEO can make decisions that are not immediate.