Gordon Gekko Follows Sarah Palin to Investor Forum
Michael Douglas, famous for playing the unscrupulous takeover artist Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” will appear at CLSA’s investor conference in Hong Kong this September.
Associated Press
Michael Douglas Douglas follows in the footsteps of other celebrities who have appeared at the brokerage house’s annual get-together. In 2009, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin made her international debut at the forum, where she spoke about the Federal Reserve’s role in the financial crisis.
Other previous speakers include former U.S. president Bill Clinton, his vice-president Al Gore, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Douglas won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as the avaricious corporate titan in the original “Wall Street,” released in 1987. Gekko’s famous line, “greed, for lack of a better word, is good,” came to embody the money-obsessed 1980s, replete with its leveraged buyouts and corrupt bankers.
Douglas will speak Sept. 15 on “topics ranging from filmmaking to nuclear abolition and the prevention of small arms proliferation,” according to a news release. More than 30 other speakers will also appear, including contrarian investor Marc Faber.
CLSA, owned by French bank Crédit Agricole, will also host the Asia premiere of Gordon Gekko’s comeback flick, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” You’ll have to be a CLSA client to attend.
Oliver Stone directed the original and the sequel. In the sequel, it’s 2008 and Gekko is just out of prison. He warns about the forthcoming market crash and economic meltdown. Of course, nobody will listen.
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