{"id":172235,"date":"2021-02-05T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/paul-mccartney-weighs-in-on-jcpenney-ceo-search\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:26:09","slug":"paul-mccartney-weighs-in-on-jcpenney-ceo-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/paul-mccartney-weighs-in-on-jcpenney-ceo-search\/","title":{"rendered":"#Paul McCartney weighs in on JCPenney CEO search"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Paul McCartney weighs in on JCPenney CEO search<\/strong>”
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Paul McCartney wants JCPenney to get by with a little help from his friend.<\/p>\n

The former Beatle recently introduced his longtime buddy and retail honcho, Herbert L. Becker, to the new owners of the bankrupt department store, suggesting him as a candidate for the CEO job, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

McCartney made the introduction via email to Jamie Salter, CEO of Authentic Brands Group, a brand licensing firm that has deals with scores of celebrities and which recently bought JCPenney along with the mall operator Simon Property Group, two sources close to the situation said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A brief phone call between McCartney\u2019s friend \u2014 a retired magician who performed on television and at Radio City Music Hall before hanging up his wand in 1978 \u2014 and the owners has already taken place, one source said. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear why McCartney got involved, but he app<\/a>ears to have acted as an intermedia<\/a>ry on behalf of Becker, who he\u2019s known for decades, sources said. The former Beatle also has ties to Salter, according to sources.<\/p>\n

Salter declined to comment for this story.\u00a0Neither McCartney nor Becker returned requests for comment. <\/p>\n

The top job at the ailing retailer, which filed for bankruptcy in May, became vacant on Dec. 31, when the new owners ousted CEO Jill Soltau, who\u2019d been at the helm since 2018.<\/p>\n

Becker was a senior executive with the Canadian department store T. Eaton Company Limited, which ceased operations in 1999. He was also CEO of an upstate New York department store chain called Patrick Hackett Hardware, which was founded in 1830 and has been defunct for about 15 years.<\/p>\n

When he was gunning for the top job running the Trump Taj Mahal in 2015, he told The Deal that he has \u201cdecades of turnaround\u201d experience, pointing to his stints as an advisor to teen retailer Wet Seal, La Curacao \u2013 a department store \u2013 and Kohl\u2019s during the companies\u2019 turnaround or expansion periods.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is exactly what I do best,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cI come into a situation that seems hopeless and where there are thousands of people depending [on a change]. I am ready for that challenge \u2026 and three years from now people will look at this as the turning point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Becker\u2019s name has been floated in connection with the Plano, Texas-based JCPenney before. When JCPenney was searching for a new CEO after firing Ron Johnson in 2013, Becker was one of several people who were potential fits, according to a Huffington Post article at the time.<\/p>\n

Becker, 65, is also the author of books on magic and was sued by David Copperfield in 1994 for allegedly revealing Copperfield\u2019s illusion secrets in \u201cAll the Secrets of Magic Revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for his chances of leading JCPenney, one source close to the retailer said the owners are not even close to making a hiring decision.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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