# Prof. Aswath Damodaran on the benefits of activist investors

1 Faculty News March 17, 2013 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_034412.gif?itok=MRidxYS3)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/100550043) -- "He said the game is rigged in favor of incumbent managements and that an activist investor, who like all investors are motivated by hopes of better returns, helps shift the balance of power back. [Damodaran](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran) added that the sign of a good activist is targeting the right company: 'Once you rock the boat, good things tend to happen.'"

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