Former Ozy editor Eugene S. Robinson suggested on Thursday that it was CEO Carlos Watson, rather than COO Samir Rao, who impersonated a Google executive on an investment call with Goldman Sachs that led to the shuttering of the media company last week.
Speaking on TheWrap-Up podcast, Robinson said: “People connected to Ozy? Maybe three or four have made mention of this, and outside of Ozy, pretty serious people, one or two have come to me and said that’s the only way it would have worked.”
Robinson said it was hard to believe that Watson wouldn’t have participated on that call, which was intended to secure a $40 million investment in the company by Goldman Sachs.