Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This episode is a guide to how activist investors try to change big public companies. Guest Bill Baker, former SEC enforcement official, walks through the tools in the activist playbook—big share purchases, regulatory filings, lining up other shareholders and ultimately proxy fights to swap out board members. Using Oasis Capital vs. Vail Resorts as a live case study, he explains the legal rules, the role of major funds and proxy advisors and why this battle is as much about corporate strategy as stock price.
Listen to Mountain Money live every Monday at 9 a.m. at KPCW.org.
This episode is a guide to how activist investors try to change big public companies. Guest Bill Baker, former SEC enforcement official, walks through the tools in the activist playbook—big share purchases, regulatory filings, lining up other shareholders and ultimately proxy fights to swap out board members. Using Oasis Capital vs. Vail Resorts as a live case study, he explains the legal rules, the role of major funds and proxy advisors and why this battle is as much about corporate strategy as stock price.
Listen to Mountain Money live every Monday at 9 a.m. at KPCW.org.
