boardroom coup
Corporate leadership seizure
A boardroom coup is the sudden removal of a company's leadership—typically the CEO or board chair—by the board of directors or major shareholders.
Unlike hostile takeovers from outside, a boardroom coup comes from within: The founder was ousted in a boardroom coup orchestrated by his own investors.
The term borrows military language to capture the swift, decisive nature of such power shifts in corporate governance.
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- ousterForced removal from position
- power grabAttempt to seize control
power struggle · mutiny · revolt · shareholder revolt · shareholders · vote of no confidence · executives · CEO · chairman · backstabbing · knife in back · conspiracy · behind closed doors · vote · resignation · forced out · palace intrigue · ambush
- power grabscoup d'etat, hostile takeover, military coup, overthrow, palace coup
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
- shakeupsshakeup, shake-up, reshuffle, reorganization, restructuring