How Reginald Lewis Changed Business Forever
It was the summer of 1987, and Christophe, who had left Citibank, was in his first week at TLC Group. Operating in his temporary office in the mailroom and seated at a card table, he was greeted by Lewis with papers in hand. It was a photocopy of the divestiture memorandum on Beatrice. Lewis had ambitious ideas about the company, and asked his old friend to take a look. Christophe stayed up all night, conducting a financial analysis of its operations. In the morning, the two quickly agreed that the division was worth pursuing.
