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WebVan weirdness

13 Apr 2001

George Sheehan left the top post at Anderson Consulting to head up WebVan. Now he’s quit. And just when they start turning a profit in one of their distribution areas.

Maybe he got bad vibes from the closure of delivery company Kozmo yesterday. Or maybe he’s sick of explaining the stock price to the board.


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