David simon ceo biography template
David simon ceo biography template
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Real estate billionaire David Simon is facing a make-or-break moment whether he can reinvent his mall business with a controversial bet on JCPenney
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Real estate titan David Simon is set alongside another large landlord to acquire JCPenney's brand and operations, including 550 stores it owns or leases.
It's Simon's largest push yet beyond owning malls into possessing the retail businesses that occupy them, a divide few owners have crossed.
Mounting a turnaround of JCPenney, which has eluded a string of CEOs and the hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman, will test Simon's ability to juggle conflicting roles and his strategy to reinvigorate a mall business threatened by bad news from changing consumer habits, to the rise of e-commerce, and, in recent months, a global pandemic.
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