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Hardcover
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2 lbs
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9780385514514
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Last Tycoons : the Secret History of Lazard Frères and Co.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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9.5 in
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2007
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Hardcover
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English
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1.9 in
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Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
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Banks & Banking, Cultural Heritage, Economic History, Business Ethics, Business, Corporate & Business History
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39.7 Oz
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6.5 in
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752 Pages
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. by Cohan, William D.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385514514
ISBN-13
9780385514514
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57168329
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Tycoons : the Secret History of Lazard Frères and Co.
Number of Pages
752 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Banks & Banking, Cultural Heritage, Economic History, Business Ethics, Business, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
39.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
2006-025303
Reviews
“Cohan’s portrayal of the firm’s dominant partners-whose gargantuan appetites and mercurial habits provide the unifying force behind the book’s operatic melodramas- makes this an epic . . . In fact, The Last Tycoons bears a striking resemblance to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon .” -New York Times Book Review “Breezy and highly readable . . . For those of us who enjoy high-level gossip (most people) and an inside look at the machinations, triumphs, failures, and foibles of some of Wall Street’s and America’s most exalted personages, Cohan’s book is entertaining and seductively engrossing.” – Chicago Tribune “Cohan’s thoroughness-he interviewed over 100 current and former bankers and assorted bigwigs-unearths a trove of colourful titbits, many quite racy . . . Illuminating are Mr. Cohan’s descriptions of the scheming, politicking, and general dysfunction that was Lazard.” -Economist “Cohan not only knows where the bodies are buried but got a guided tour of the graveyard.” -Financial Times “[ The Last Tycoons ] has sent a jolt through Lazard and the rest of Wall Street.” -Wall Street Journal From the Trade Paperback edition., “Cohan’s portrayal of the firm’s dominant partners-whose gargantuan appetites and mercurial habits provide the unifying force behind the book’s operatic melodramas- makes this an epic . . . In fact,The Last Tycoonsbears a striking resemblance to F. Scott Fitzgerald’sThe Last Tycoon.” -New York Times Book Review”Breezy and highly readable . . . For those of us who enjoy high-level gossip (most people) and an inside look at the machinations, triumphs, failures, and foibles of some of Wall Street’s and America’s most exalted personages, Cohan’s book is entertaining and seductively engrossing.” -Chicago Tribune “Cohan’s thoroughness-he interviewed over 100 current and former bankers and assorted bigwigs-unearths a trove of colourful titbits, many quite racy . . . Illuminating are Mr. Cohan’s descriptions of the scheming, politicking, and general dysfunction that was Lazard.” -Economist “Cohan not only knows where the bodies are buried but got a guided tour of the graveyard.” -Financial Times “[The Last Tycoons] has sent a jolt through Lazard and the rest of Wall Street.” -Wall Street Journal
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The
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22
Dewey Decimal
332.660944
Synopsis
Among the storied Wall Street banks, Lazard Freres & Co. stood apart until egos started to take over. This is a story of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, ferocious power struggles, and enormous wealth–and, ultimately, the undoing of a powerful organization., A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frres & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the “Great Men” who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the 1970s and 1980s, saves New York City from bankruptcy, and positions himself in New York society and in Washington. Felix’s dreams are dashed after the arrival of Steve, a formidable and ambitious former newspaper reporter. By the mid-1990s, as Lazard neared its 150th anniversary, Steve and Felix were feuding openly. The internal strife caused by their arguments could not be solved by the imperious Michel, whose manipulative tendencies served only to exacerbate the trouble within the firm. Increasingly desperate, Michel took the unprecedented step of relinquishing operational control of Lazard to one of the few Great Men still around, Bruce Wasserstein, then fresh from selling his own M&A boutique, for $1.4 billion. Bruce’s take: more than $600 million. But it turned out Great Man Bruce had snookered Great Man Michel when the Frenchman was at his most vulnerable. The LastTycoons is a tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth-a story of high drama in the world of high finance. , A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Freres & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the -Great Men- who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the 1970s and 1980s, saves New York City from bankruptcy, and positions himself in New York society and in Washington. Felix’s dreams are dashed after the arrival of Steve, a formidable and ambitious former newspaper reporter. By the mid-1990s, as Lazard neared its 150th anniversary, Steve and Felix were feuding openly. The internal strife caused by their arguments could not be solved by the imperious Michel, whose manipulative tendencies served only to exacerbate the trouble within the firm. Increasingly desperate, Michel took the unprecedented step of relinquishing operational control of Lazard to one of the few Great Men still around, Bruce Wasserstein, then fresh from selling his own M&A boutique, for $1.4 billion. Bruce’s take: more than $600 million. But it turned out Great Man Bruce had snookered Great Man Michel when the Frenchman was at his most vulnerable. The LastTycoons is a tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth–a story of high drama in the world of high finance., “A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank “Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Freres & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the “Great Men” who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the 1970s and 1980s, saves New York City from bankruptcy, and positions himself in New York society and in Washington. Felix’s dreams are dashed after the arrival of Steve, a formidable and ambitious former” “newspaper reporter. By the mid-1990s, as Lazard neared its 150th anniversary, Steve and Felix were feuding openly. The internal strife caused by their arguments could not besolved by the imperious Michel, whose manipulative tendencies served only to exacerbate the trouble within the firm. Increasingly desperate, Michel took the unprecedented step of relinquishing operational control of Lazard to one of the few Great Men still around, Bruce Wasserstein, then fresh from selling his own M&A boutique, for $1.4 billion. Bruce’s take: more than $600 million. But it turned out Great Man Bruce had snookered Great Man Michel when the Frenchman was at his most vulnerable. “The LastTycoons” is a tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth–a story of high drama in the world of high finance.
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HG3038.L39C64 2007
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