Former Atari CEO received $4.76 million parachute
Former Atari CEO Bruno Bonnell received 3 million Euros ($4.76 million) for running the company into the ground to leave the company last year. GameDaily reports Bonnell was apparently given the package by Infogrames -- which was a majority shareholder at the time -- without Atari's management receiving a copy of the agreement until two months after the deal was done.
Of course, this is a ghost from Atari's past, not the new incarnation we're slowly getting to know. We just like this story because, frankly, we're jealous. We want $4.76 million for throwing a company into financial ruin ... heck, we'll settle for a $100 bucks and a free round of drinks at the pub.
Of course, this is a ghost from Atari's past, not the new incarnation we're slowly getting to know. We just like this story because, frankly, we're jealous. We want $4.76 million for throwing a company into financial ruin ... heck, we'll settle for a $100 bucks and a free round of drinks at the pub.






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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
themostsolidsnake @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:09AM
huh???
bigsofty @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:54AM
ROFL imagine how much he would have gotten if he was compitent... UBI is doomed...
Noshino @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:39AM
"and a free round of drinks at the pub."
NEVAH! I lost a kidney, 3 fingers, and an eye for doing so...
Chase @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:20AM
I'll do it for fifty bucks and a back rub. And by "back rub", I mean "front rub". And by "front rub", I mean "a chicken salad sammich". And by "a chicken salad sammich", I mean "tickle-time with Grimace". And by "tickle-time with Grimace" I mean "back rub"...
SHADO1980 @ Jul 3rd 2008 8:54AM
Atari was ripe for getting run into the ground. Paying someone that kind of money for such an easy job is absurd. For that kind of money, I could put a Sony or even a Microsoft into the dirt.
juju187 @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:01AM
big business FTL
albinogoldfish @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:35PM
this is a fucking joke