Tucson CFO Loses Job After Chick-fil-A Rant (Arizona Daily Star)

Video of execs rant goes viral, leads to social media uproar.

By Treasury and Risk | August 03, 2012 at 06:08 AM

Adam Smith, the CFO of a Tucson medical manufacturing company, lost his job after a video of his comments to a Chick-Fil-A drive-thru worker went viral. Smith had posted the video himself on YouTube.

The CEO of Vante said Smith's departure was a mutual decision, and the company issued a statement saying Smith's "actions do not reflect our corporate values."

Prior to joining Vante, Smith worked in finance at IBM.

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