Chase Carey, one of the most powerful media figures in the world, hops the beleaguered New Haven Line from Grand Central home to the Connecticut suburbs most days, despite having a princely car allowance.
Carey, News Corp.’s president and CEO and likely successor to Rupert Murdoch, made over $30 million last year. But he prefers the rails to the chauffeured shelter of a Town Car. He also prefers a tasty Bud tall boy.
He regularly orders a hamburger and fries during power lunches in News Corporation’s third-floor executive dining room and rides a packed commuter train home to the Connecticut suburbs, often popping a can of Budweiser on the way, despite having “the highest car allowance available to a senior executive,” according to a 2009 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Carey may not be on par with Laura Linney riding the rails to Stamford, but the ‘stache undoubtedly sets him apart from the rest of the Dashing Dans/Don Drapers on MNR.
Does this man enter moustache competitions? He definitely should.