Samsung has removed online caricatures portraying a hedge-fund founder as a beak-nosed man after widespread outrage accusing the company of anti-Semitism.
The cartoon, posted on a South Korean Samsung website, described Elliott Management CEO Paul Singer as “Vulture Man.”
In one cartoon, he is depicted “hiding an axe behind his back while taking money from a man in ragged clothes.”
The hedge fund earned Samsung’s ire because it opposes a takeover between two of its companies, which gives preference to the Samsung family over other shareholders.
“We categorically denounce anti-Semitism in all its forms, and we are committed to respect for all individuals,” Samsung said in a statement. Read more.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com}
