How Sanofi got rid of its chief exec
Chris Viehbacher was fired at a dawn board meeting, with the 'mess in Brazil' cited as one of the reasons
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CHRIS Viehbacher speaks plainly. "We had somewhat of a mess in Brazil, so that's why I decided to change management," he told financial analysts in August 2013.
Fifteen months later, he has gone the same way as the Brazilian employees he sacked so decisively - fired as chief executive of French drugmaker Sanofi at a dawn board meeting, with the "mess in Brazil" cited as one of the reasons.
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