In DuPont fight, activist investor picks a strong target

Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for The New York Times, January 27, 2015

DuPont is a 200-year-old company with a $65 billion market value and more than 58,000 employees. Trian is only its fifth-largest shareholder, according to Standard & Poor’s CapitalIQ. But just because a company is big does not necessarily mean that an activist will not strike.