Pursuits
Daimler Shareholder Demands Right to Be Naked at Annual Meeting
- Crank investor criticizes lack of ‘species-appropriate’ invite
- Daimler stockholders last year fought over free sausages
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Daimler AG’s annual meeting threatened to veer off course for a second year after a shareholder pontificated on his right to be naked.
Wilm Diedrich Mueller, well-known for pranking gatherings at companies ranging from Allianz SE to Bayer AG, used his allotted speaking time to criticize the board because he hadn’t been invited to appear in “species-appropriate attire.” In other words: his birthday suit.