In the early 1990s, a couple of years after he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Martin Franklinwas asked by his father to break up a business. Sir Roland Franklinwas a long-time lieutenant of the late James Goldsmith, the British corporate raider. The task he set his son was to sell off DRG, a UK stationery company whose brands included Sellotape and Basildon Bond, piece by piece.
上世紀(jì)90年代初,馬丁?富蘭克林(Martin Franklin)從賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)(University of Pennsylvania)畢業(yè)幾年后,他的父親讓他分解一個企業(yè)。羅蘭?富蘭克林爵士(Sir Roland Franklin)曾長期擔(dān)任已故的英國“企業(yè)掠奪者”詹姆斯?戈德史密斯(James Goldsmith)的副手。他交給兒子的任務(wù)是一點一點地變賣英國文具公司DRG,該公司旗下品牌包括Sellotap和Basildon Bond。