The Last Tycoons

Informationen zum Autor William D. Cohan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Silence, Money and Power, House of Cards, and The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and writes a biweekly opinion column in The New York Times. He has also written for the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fortune, The Atlantic, The Nation, and The Washington Post , among other publications. Cohan is a graduate of Duke University, Columbia University School of Journalism, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Klappentext Tells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth.

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Product details

• Authors: William D. Cohan, Cohan William D.
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780141036892
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103689-2
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Bank, Bankwesen, Börse, History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, History: specific events and topics, Investment & securities, Investment and securities