On May 18, the day social media giant Facebook went public, Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld was flying high. However, it wasn’t from anticipation that the social network would see sky-high levels of trading — it was because Greifield was on plane flying across country, according to reports that surfaced Monday. Although he flew business class, Greifeld was out of touch, reportedly because his armrest phone wasn’t working and he had no Internet access.
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Posted by: Peter Suciu June 11, 2012 01:39 PMOn May 18, the day social media giant Facebook went public, Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld was flying high. However, it wasn’t from anticipation that the social network would see sky-high levels of trading — it was because Greifield was on plane flying across country, according to reports that surfaced Monday. Although he flew business class, Greifeld was out of touch, reportedly because his armrest phone wasn’t working and he had no Internet access.