BP’s Tony Hayward Stepping Down

Tony Hayward officially has his life back. Rumors were circulating this week that the BP head everyone loved to hate might be stepping down and turns out they were true. From the New York Times:

Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP, has agreed to step down and be replaced by Robert Dudley, the company’s most senior American executive who is now in charge of BP’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a person close to the company’s board.

The world won’t have Tony Hayward to kick around anymore. Watch Fox News’ report below.

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