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Informationen zum Autor SCOTT L. BOK has spent four decades on Wall Street advising CEOs and boards of directors. Longtime leader of Greenhill & Co., the pioneering mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, he has also served as board chair at the University of Pennsylvania and the American Museum of Natural History. 100% of the author's book proceeds will be donated to City Harvest, which rescues good food and distributes it for free to New Yorkers in need. Klappentext Praise for SURVIVING WALL STREET "An epic journey by a consummate Wall Street dealmaker, Scott Bok advised on some of the biggest M&As in U.S. history and built the gold standard of boutique investment banks. Bok's fast paced, insider's account delivers fresh insights on a Darwinian industry. Along the way, we meet the celebrity bankers and corporate titans who waged fractious battles to create today's investment banking world." - DIRK SMILLIE, former Forbes senior writer and author, The Business of Tomorrow: The Visionary Life of Harry Guggenheim "Scott Bok combines the skills of a Wall Street dealmaker with the gifts of a born storyteller in this extraordinary account of what happens when the worlds of business, politics, and academia collide. Surviving Wall Street brilliantly describes how the University of Pennsylvania, a storied Ivy League university, was attacked by a group of 'masters of the universe' who deployed the tools of a hostile corporate takeover in their effort to transform the school. Those efforts - rife with boardroom intrigue, secret meetings, and bare-knuckle attacks - perfectly illustrate how the previously staid world of academia has become a culture wars battleground where the search for truth collides with the quest for power." - ERIC A. FELDMAN, Chair, University of Pennsylvania Faculty Senate and Professor, Penn Carey Law School "Scott's book propels the reader into the midst of the complicated and unpredictable reality that is the world of Wall Street. His humble beginnings in Grand Rapids, Michigan contrast his experiences in this world where titans of industry become characters, personalities clash, and he sat center stage to witness it all. However, his enormous success never stopped him from being involved in philanthropy and education, and the stewardship he exhibited during his tenure as the board chairman of the University of Pennsylvania-at the height of attacks against freedom of expression-was heroic and serves as an example of a champion of democracy." - LUIS A. MIRANDA, JR., political strategist and consultant, Chair of The Public Theater and author of Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE XI CHAPTER 1 BEFORE THE BEGINNING 1 CHAPTER 2 I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT 15 CHAPTER 3 UP, UP AND AWAY 27 CHAPTER 4 MOVING FAST 37 CHAPTER 5 A BUBBLE BURSTS 59 CHAPTER 6 REFUSING TO SELL OUT 93 CHAPTER 7 A NOT SO CRAZY IDEA 117 CHAPTER 8 BRAINS AND BULL MARKETS 139 CHAPTER 9 VISITORS FROM JURASSIC PARK 157 CHAPTER 10 ANOTHER YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING 171 CHAPTER 11 SHIFTING TIDES AND TIDAL WAVES 191 CHAPTER 12 GREEDY PEOPLE WATCHING 223 CHAPTER 13 NOT TOO BIG TO FAIL 241 CHAPTER 14 ZAMBONIS AND ICE 265 CHAPTER 15 CLOUDS OF DUST 281 CHAPTER 16 STARTING OVER 301 CHAPTER 17 SUCCESSION 325 CHAPTER 18 "WE'RE GONNA DIE" 343 CHAPTER 19 NOT DEAD YET 367 CHAPTER 20 IT'S (NOT ALWAYS) A WONDERFUL LIFE 381 CHAPTER 21 THERE IS A SEA...
