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Informationen zum Autor David A. Kaplan is a senior editor at Newsweek . He is the author of The Silicon Boys , a national bestseller that has been translated into six languages. His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine , Washington Post , various Op-Ed pages, Parenting , and Food & Wine . A graduate of Cornell and the New York University School of Law, he lives with his wife and two sons in Irvington, New York. Klappentext In "the best book to date on the subject" (San Francisco Chronicle), prize-winning journalist David A. Kaplan brings to life the culture and history of Silicon Valley. The symbol of high-tech genius and ineffable wealth, a place that competes with Hollywood and Washington in the zeitgeist of success and excess, the Valley is the epicenter of the New Economy. Depending on yesterday's stock market close, roughly a quartermillion Siliconillionaires live in the Valley. And they're building megalo-mansions and buying Lamborghinis as fast as they can. Combining reportorial insight and biting wit, The Silicon Boys tells the unforgettable story of dreams and greed, ambition and luck, that has become the Valley of the Dollars. Zusammenfassung In "the best book to date on the subject" ( San Francisco Chronicle )! prize-winning journalist David A. Kaplan brings to life the culture and history of Silicon Valley. The symbol of high-tech genius and ineffable wealth! a place that competes with Hollywood and Washington in the zeitgeist of success and excess! the Valley is the epicenter of the New Economy. Depending on yesterday's stock market close! roughly a quartermillion Siliconillionaires live in the Valley. And they're building megalo-mansions and buying Lamborghinis as fast as they can. Combining reportorial insight and biting wit! The Silicon Boys tells the unforgettable story of dreams and greed! ambition and luck! that has become the Valley of the Dollars. ...
