omagh Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Biglari turfs another CEO at Western Sizzlin. First, Verney and now, Moore. This seems to be a weakness in Biglari's game -- finding and keeping good managers. At large scale, the depth of management teams becomes apparent and so far Biglari, with the strength and stamina of youth, has taken a lot on himself at both WEST and SNS, with FMMH as a potential third. In his personal life, he has a young child at home; so there are a number of business and familial pressures coming to bear. On the plus side, he has the right mental/financial framework and, so far, has proven to be an effective operator / turnaround specialist. http://biz.yahoo.com/e/091125/west8-k.html On November 23, 2009, Western Sizzlin Corporation (the "Company") provided written notice to Robert R. Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries, Western Sizzlin Stores, Inc. ("WSSI") and Western Sizzlin Franchise Corporation ("WSFC"), that the Company will not renew the Employment Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2009, by and among the Company, WSSI, WSFC and Mr. Moore (the "Agreement") upon the expiration of the initial term of the Agreement on December 31, 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 The position may have been redundant with the merger now occuring. Omar Janjua (operations head for SNS) left recently and now Moore (operations head for WEST). I'm guessing for $900K, Sardar is going to be running the whole shebang...and who better, since no one is going to work as hard as him! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrofan Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Sanj, As much as I have great confidence in Sardar, he is going to need a bit more depth in the management team at some point. He needs to build a great team like Prem did....... cheers Zorro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsad Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Agreed. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldye Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Sanj, As much as I have great confidence in Sardar, he is going to need a bit more depth in the management team at some point. He needs to build a great team like Prem did....... cheers Zorro Its funny how you put that...imagine if Fairfax where to sell off their insurance companies today piecemeal. they'd get about 1x book. Intrinsic value being what it is, roughly half..perhaps a little more..is the Hamblin Watsa team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omagh Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Good chairman's letter. Where Buffett and Watsa mention their significant contributors, Biglari only mentions Cooley. -O Sanj, As much as I have great confidence in Sardar, he is going to need a bit more depth in the management team at some point. He needs to build a great team like Prem did....... cheers Zorro Its funny how you put that...imagine if Fairfax where to sell off their insurance companies today piecemeal. they'd get about 1x book. Intrinsic value being what it is, roughly half..perhaps a little more..is the Hamblin Watsa team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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