After intense backlash, exclusive summit banned billionaire money manager Ken Fisher for offensive comments
Kenneth Fisher is chief executive officer of Fisher Investments. Forbes estimates his net worth at $3.7 billion.Following the backlash over comments made Tuesday evening at an exclusive San Francisco investment advisor summit, billionaire money managerwas barred from attending any of the host’s future gatherings, according to an open letter sent early Thursday afternoon by the event’s host.
“Some offensive comments were made by one fireside chat participant in a session late Tuesday afternoon. There remain disagreements as to exactly what was said, how it was intended, and how it was interpreted,”. “I will speak only for myself today. I was extremely disappointed by the comments that I heard in the way that I understood them.”
Chalekian tweeted shortly after the note’s release to commend Roame's response, adding a link to the note and further saying, “Change is coming.” His video had received more than 120,000 views as of 2 p.m. E.T. on Thursday.
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