CEO quits after daughter lists missed milestones

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The CEO of a $2 trillion investment fund quit his job when his daughter presented him with a list of 22 milestones in her life that he had missed.

When Mohamed El-Erian resigned from his role at California-based PIMCO it came out of the blue but now he has revealed that his daughter was behind the decision.

In an interview with Worth magazine El-Erian, 56, said: “About a year ago, I asked my daughter several times to do something - brush her teeth, I think it was - with no success.

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