‘Bully’ made victims cry
TEMPER
Green’s explosive outbursts have become legendary. The book recounts one occasion when Green erupted.
Annoyed at what a director at his firm was telling him, it’s claimed he said: “You’re f***ing useless. I should throw you out of the window but you’re so fat you’d probably bounce back up again.”
Another executive described the tycoon as a “vulgar bully”.
He went on: “You would see young women, particularly, reduced to tears.
“Philip would often pick on one person and just batter them. Sometimes you would sit there and think, ‘Thank God it’s not me’.”
Green is also alleged to have told businessman Leslie Warman: “If you don’t shut your f***ing mouth, I’ll get my friends south of the river to come for you and your family.”
Green said the alleged Warman incident was “b*****ks”.
He added: “If you employ 40,000 to 50,000 people, you have arguments.”