Mr Kozlowski himself will run the rump, which combines the security-systems unit with the electronics business.
Mr Kozlowski grew up in a tough, inner-city Polish and Italian neighbourhood in Newark, New Jersey.
Kozlowski made a decision that seems to come naturally to him: He filed a court action.
For six years Richard Meelia learned how to run a company the Dennis Kozlowski way.
Not Kozlowski nor Charles Wang, the CEO of Computer Associates, nor the other executives invited.
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It makes sense, but it really did not work out so easily for Kozlowski.
Now Kozlowski is being called on it and has enlisted defense attorney Stephen E.
Meanwhile, Kozlowski was unloading millions in Tyco stock out the back door without reporting it.
By shipping out of state, Kozlowski got around paying New York sales tax on the art.
Mr Kozlowski and his in-house team of merger specialists toss out old managers and hand-pick their replacements.
L. Dennis Kozlowski, 55, the CEO of Tyco International, has been riding Harleys since he was 16.
He had an 8:30 a.m. appointment in midtown with Tyco executives, including Dennis Kozlowski, the soon-to-be-disgraced chief.
Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski may have murdered good taste by using company funds for a urinating ice sculpture.
Mr Kozlowski looks for people like him bare-knuckled, blue-collar fighters, immersed in the business and not the company bureaucracy.
Tyco ( TYC - news - people ) executives, including Dennis Kozlowski, the soon-to-be-disgraced chief.
Mr Kozlowski's reputation is also built on his skill in fitting acquired businesses together, building scale in bitty markets.
Already, most bosses seem to have convinced themselves they are nothing like Ms Stewart or Messrs Kozlowski and Skilling.
Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz had been found guilty in June of grand larceny, securities fraud and other charges.
Mr Kozlowski may be about to face more serious criminal charges as well.
The fact that Dennis Kozlowski was going to be released from prison one day should come as no surprise.
But the road for Kozlowski to get there was not an easy one.
Similarities between Kozlowski's personal dealings and Tyco's corporate strategy keep coming to light.
Like Jack Welch, the fomer boss of General Electric, Mr Kozlowski claims only to want the number one or two spot.
But he taunts Kozlowski for the "banality" of the infamous shindig in Sardinia, which lacked "recognizable names" or truly outlandish partying.
The paintings were for Kozlowski's Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan, but he shipped the art (or empty boxes) to Exeter, N.
Kozlowski finally filed a lawsuit naming Hulihan and others in an effort to have meaningful consideration given to his case for release.
Under Edward Breen, Mr Kozlowski's successor, Tyco brought in outside lawyers and accountants to comb through four years' worth of company records.
Tyco has used the service 12 times--including two deals the company dumped after Carey's team raised doubts about the targets' management, Kozlowski says.
American juries have certainly succeeded in convicting in recent big corporate scandals, including Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom and, last week, Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski.
On the other hand, Kozlowski also had a knack for putting lipstick on a pig--not to mention putting his hands in the till.
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