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MAJOR U.S. MILILTARY CONTRACTORS STAND TO REAP HUGE WINDFALLS FROM ESCALATION OF CONFLICT WITH IRAN
Sarah Anderson
1-7-20
Meet the CEOs Raking It in from Trump’s Aggression toward Iran
CEOs of major U.S. military contractors stand to reap huge windfalls from the escalation of conflict with Iran. This was evident in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian military official last week. As soon as the news reached financial markets, these companies’ share prices spiked, inflating the value of their executives’ stock-based pay.
I took a look at how the CEOs at the top five Pentagon contractors were affected by this surge, using the most recent SEC information on their stock holdings.
Northrop Grumman executives saw the biggest increase in the value of their stocks after the U.S. airstrike that killed Qasem Suleimani on January 2. Shares in.....
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