On April 16th, 2012 Stanford's Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance kicked off their Shareholder Activism Series with a discussion titled "Activist Investing: Background, Impact and the Players."

The series featured Mason Morfit, a Partner at ValueAct Capital and one of the most successful shareholder activists in the US and Abe Friedman, former Global Head of Corporate Governance & Responsible Investment for BlackRock who shared insights from their experience in the trenches engaging every day with management teams and boards on behalf of investors.