Taking Down the Lion: The Rise and Fall of Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski (42 page)

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Index

Ackman, Dan,
220

Adelphia Communications,
7
,
137
,
150
,
159

ADT,
73
,
95
,
97
,
116
,
165
,
167
,
169
,
171

Airbus,
67
,
69

Allied Pipe & Tube Corporation,
33

AMP,
55
,
67
,
69
,
200

Armin Corporation,
32
,
44

Arthur Andersen,
6
–7

Ashcroft, Michael,
123

Auger, Linda,
19

batting average (BA),
9

Beatles,
21

Belnick,
98
,
106
,
114
,
123
,
146
,
177
,
203

background of,
57
–8

designated as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel,
102

hired as Tyco’s Chief Corporate Counsel,
56

indictment and trial of,
5
,
27
–8,
58
,
124
–6,
131
,
135
–6,
156
,
159
–61,
174

interview with
New York
magazine,
125

on Kozlowski,
224

and SEC inquiry,
56
–8

on working at Tyco,
58

Berman, Joshua M.,
101
,
106
,
114
,
118
,
163
,
174
,
186
,
200

as independent Director,
80

and letter of reference for Kozlowski,
17
,
21

as Tyco board member,
30
,
36

named Tyco Chairman and CEO,
30

as Nominating and Governance Committee member,
123
,
203
,
215

and SEC inquiry,
57

and Walsh payment,
123
–6

Berry, Christina,
109
–10,
114
–16,
185

Betz, Eddie,
40

Black, Hugo,
207

Bodman, Richard,
81
,
101
,
103
–4,
116
,
123
,
169
,
174

Boies, David,
114
,
117
,
122
–7,
130
–2,
135
,
148
,
158
–9,
174
–5,
184
,
201
,
203
–4,
213
,
221
,
224
,
226

Boies, Schiller & Flexner,
124
,
130
,
203
–4,
213
,
221
,
226

bonuses,
44
–5,
55
,
63
,
142
–3,
165
–79,
182
–6,
199
,
201
,
218
–23

Brady
material,
157

Breen, Edward D.,
42
,
126
,
130
,
137

Brickey, Kathleen,
150
–1

Buffett, Jimmy,
69
–70

Buffett, Warren,
127

Burnham, Daniel P.,
119

Campriello, Austin,
138
,
154
–5,
159
,
179

Cavuto, Neil,
209

Chalifoux, Kenneth,
138
–40,
163

Chanos, James,
58
–8

Chapman, Mark David,
21

CIT Group (CIT),
65
–6,
73
–6,
78
,
85
–94,
99
–101,
104
–6,
113
,
118
,
122
,
127
,
137
,
175
,
184
–5,
200
,
213

Clinton, Hillary,
74
–5

Cohen, Laurie P.,
27
,
128
–9

Cote, Denise L.,
88
,
93
,
101
,
103
,
105

Cross, Tammy,
66
–7

Curry, Ann,
99

DeVita, Jim,
138
,
154
,
168
,
179
–80

Dilenschneider, Robert,
51
–2

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,
25
,
47
,
232
n19,
235
n31

Donnelly, Ann,
138
,
163
,
192

Donovan, Karen,
124
,
204

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
35

Enron Corp.,
5
–7,
13
,
78
,
95
–6,
100
,
105
,
137
,
149
–50,
157
–60,
162
,
196
,
213
,
230
n17

Erbitux,
6

executive perquisites,
22
–5,
33
,
42
,
125
,
147
,
232
n14,
232
n17

Fallon, Jimmy,
40

Fannie Mae,
7

Fernandez, Connie,
138
,
163

Fisher, Daniel,
212

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
230
n1

Foley, Mark,
19
,
57
–8,
172
–4,
178
,
182
,
246
–7n7

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
6
,
74

Fort, John Franklin,
41

Fort III, John,
33
–6,
41
–6,
80
,
85
,
91
–4,
116
,
118
,
122
–3,
135
,
146
–7,
163
,
174

Foss, Stephen,
64
,
80
–2,
125
–6,
167
,
169

Freddie Mac,
7

Fuld, Dick,
127

Gamper, Jr., Albert R.,
73
,
76
,
86
–8,
90
–1

Gaziano, Joe,
30
–4,
42
,
44
,
85

General Electric (GE),
22
–5,
62
,
75
,
232
n19

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP),
122

Glater, Jonathan,
126
,
202

Global Crossing,
7
,
95
,
137
,
149
,
175

Goldman Sachs,
88
–9,
92
,
104

Gore, Al,
124

Grant, Adam,
82

Grinnell,
32
,
34
,
43
,
45
,
172

Gromer, Juergen,
67

Grudberg, Michael,
138

Güth, Werner,
82

Gutin, Irving,
44
,
118
,
147

habeas corpus,
204
–6

Hammock, Edward,
209

Hampton, Philip,
35
–6,
44
–7,
64
,
167
,
170
,
172
–3,
176
,
178
,
219

HealthSouth,
7
,
150

Heimer, Owen,
155
,
159
,
163
–6,
179
,
192

Hemingway, Ernest,
13
,
230
n1

Hitchcock, Alfred,
13

Hoover, Herbert,
53

Hossli, Peter,
110
–11

Huff, Carol,
208
–9

Hull, Howard,
30

Hurst, Bob,
16

ImClone Systems, Inc.,
6
–7

initial public offering (IPO),
122
,
165
,
167
–73

Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins),
195

Jacques, Barbara,
67
–70

Jordan, Ruth,
150
–1,
153
–4

jury system,
216
–20

Kaplan, David,
216

Kaufman, Stephen,
17
,
59
,
89
,
114
,
135
,
138
,
140
–44,
154
–6,
160
–1,
178
,
211

Kearns, Michele E.,
97
–8

Kendall International, Inc.,
74
–5,
142
,
165

Khurana, Rakesh,
22
–3

Koch, Bill,
109

Kozlowski, Cheryl,
12
,
29
,
194

Kozlowski, L. Dennis

2001 Tyco Annual Report letter to shareholders,
4
–5

appeals of,
199
–203

and art collecting,
109
–11,
113
–16,
184
–6,
195
,
199
–200,
219
–20,
223

and birthday party for Karen,
67
–71,
147
,
162
,
182

as a cautionary tale,
211
–17

childhood of,
36
–8

children of,
12
,
29
,
39
,
66
,
70
,
116
,
119
,
154
–5,
161
,
194
,
227

departure from Tyco,
117
–18,
121
–2

early career of,
29
–30

education of,
30
,
38
–41

and Fifth Avenue apartment,
15
–22,
25
–8,
36
,
90
,
109
–11,
128
,
182
,
185
,
199
–20

and indictment on sales tax charges,
113
–17

joined Tyco (1975),
4
,
30
–2

marriage to Angie Suarez,
29
,
34
,
137

marriage to Karen Mayo,
25
–6,
66
–8,
70
,
130

media coverage of,
7
,
220

named Tyco CEO,
35
,
45

named Tyco Chairman of the Board,
35
,
46
–7

named Tyco President and COO,
34

imprisonment of,
193
–9

parents of,
37
–9

parole denied to,
207
–9

and
People v. Kozlowski and Swartz,
132
,
135
–51

and
People v. Kozlowski and Swartz II,
153
–80,
191
–3,
216

personal failings of,
216

petition for a writ of
habeas corpus
filed by,
204
–6

and Raytheon Company,
61
–2

and Retention Agreement with Tyco,
23
,
61
–4,
73
,
100
,
103
–4,
122
,
130
,
158
,
174
,
201
,
214
,
219

sentencing of,
191
–3,
196
–9

See also
Tyco International Ltd.

Kozlowski, Sandra,
12
,
29
,
154
–5,
161

Lane, Wendy,
117
,
122
- 3,
126
–7,
174
,
181
–2,
213

Lassiter, Christo,
132
,
147
,
156
,
203

Lauer, Matt,
99

Law & Order
(television series),
107
,
132
,
138
,
157

Lehman Brothers,
88
–9,
92
,
104
,
127
,
175

Leigh, Janet,
13

Lennon, John,
21

Lenz, Dolly,
16
,
18
,
109

Lewis, Alan,
205
,
208
–9

Lewis, Frank,
39
–40

Lewis, Gary,
40

Lindbergh, Charles,
22
,
37
–8

Locke, Edwin A.,
23

Longstreth, Andrew,
130
–1

Ludlow Corporation,
32
–4,
43
,
45

Macomber, Carlton “Cukie,”
31

Maremont, Mark,
27
,
96
–9,
128
–9,
150
–1

Marmur, Nathaniel,
205

Mattfolk, Jeffrey D.,
178

McCartney, Paul,
21

McGee, Brad,
55
–6,
59
,
90
,
96
,
113
,
146
,
216

McGraw, Phil,
156

McLucas, William,
57
–8,
123

McRae, Kathy,
17
–18,
25
,
183
–4

media,
7
,
18
–9,
23
,
27
,
51
,
67
,
96
–9,
123
–9,
150
–1,
156
,
158
–60,
162
–3,
200
,
202
,
209
,
220
–2

Meelia, Richard,
212

Miller, Barbara,
164

Miller, Bill,
126

Minnow, Nell,
22
–3

Mitchell, James,
138

Monks, Robert A. G.,
34
,
36
,
45
–6,
48
,
90
,
158