Hertz wheels in ex-Goldman Sachs CFO as top boss
By REUTERS | 04 February 2022MIAMI: Hertz Global Holdings today named former Goldman Sachs finance chief Stephen Scherr as its top boss, replacing interim CEO Mark Fields, sending shares of the car rental firm up 4% before the bell.
Scherr will assume his new role as CEO and a board member on Feb 28, Hertz said in a statement, adding that Fields would remain as a director.
The leadership change comes at a time when rental car companies are dealing with a pandemic-driven surge in demand but are also grappling to secure vehicles due to global chip shortages and supply chain snarls.
Hertz is also in the process of raising debt to refinance expensive preferred stock issued as part of the company's exit from bankruptcy.
The Florida-based company, which made a stock market return last year, was in the news in November after it placed an order for 100,000 electric rental cars from Tesla Inc.
Scherr, who resigned from Goldman in September after a near three-decade stint, played a key role in revamping Goldman's image from a Wall Street firm to a traditional bank.
He will receive a base salary of US$1.5mil and will have a performance-based annual bonus target of 160% of his salary, Hertz said separately in a securities filing.
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