Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, thinks he is a fool

Posted on June 26th, 2008

August 11, 2005, Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK):

I agree that CEO’s who spend time worrying about shorts or obsessing about shorts are fools. And that most of the CEOs who tangle with shorts are crooks.”

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Tracy Coenen is a forensic accountant and fraud examiner in Chicago and Milwaukee who investigates white collar crimes, including cases of financial statement fraud, embezzlement, tax fraud, and insurance fraud.

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