Tra­di­tion­al­ists at Take­da spark a fam­i­ly feud with CEO Christophe We­ber over his $62B Shire takeover deal

A band of dis­si­dent Take­da share­hold­ers out­raged by CEO Christophe We­ber’s plan to meld Shire in­to the fold through a $62 bil­lion buy­out has found a promi­nent spokesper­son. Kazu Take­da, one of the most se­nior mem­bers of the fam­i­ly that cre­at­ed Take­da, is warn­ing that the M&A deal could spark dis­as­ter by un­der­min­ing the most ba­sic prin­ci­ples of Take­da-ism, which holds that the com­pa­ny makes mon­ey by mak­ing peo­ple hap­py.

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