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Wall Street people / Charles D. Ellis, with James R. Vertin.
Lippincott Library HG4928.5 .E42 2001 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Charles D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Securities industry--United States--Anecdotes.
- Securities industry.
- Capitalists and financiers.
- History.
- Stockholders.
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--Anecdotes.
- Wall Street (New York, N.Y.).
- United States.
- Stockholders--History.
- Capitalists and financiers--History.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- volumes ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 2001-
- Summary:
- The world of finance has been home to a variety of fascinating heroes and villains -- from the movers and shakers looking for the ultimate payday to the founding fathers of great financial institutions -- who have left their mark, for better or worse, in pursuit of grand economic ideals. The achievements of legends such as Jesse L. Livermore, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Joseph P. Kennedy are well known, but there is more to these and other financial legends than meets the eye. In Volume Two of Wall Street People, Charles Ellis and James Vertin turn back the clock to reveal the true stories of the great barons of finance. Vivid portraits offer a rare glimpse into the professional and personal world of over sixty of the masters and moguls of finance. This unique book profiles some of the most interesting, powerful, and talked-about financial luminaries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. You'll get an up-close and personal look at well-known personalities. Captivating, revealing, and intriguing, Wall Street People: True Stories of the Great Barons of Finance, Volume Two is a unique collection of profiles that will be cherished by anyone who enjoys reading about the lives of history's financial luminaries and scoundrels. The financial world has produced some extraordinarily interesting people. Find out who they are, what they did, and how they got there in Wall Street People, Volume Two.
- Contents:
- v.1. True stories of today's masters and moguls
- v.2. True stories of the great barons of finance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0471238090
- 0471274283
- OCLC:
- 51068985
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