The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partnoy, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kreuger, Ivar, 1880-1932.

Kreuger, Ivar.

Svenska tändsticks AB--History.

Svenska tändsticks AB.

Kreuger & Toll--History.

Kreuger & Toll.

Sveriges riksbank--History.

Sveriges riksbank.

Match industry--Sweden--History.

Match industry.

Commercial criminals--Sweden--Biography.

Commercial criminals.

Swindlers and swindling--Sweden--Biography.

Swindlers and swindling.

Capitalists and financiers--Sweden--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Businesspeople--Sweden--Biography.

Businesspeople.

International finance--Corrupt practices--History.

International finance.

International finance--Corrupt practices.

History.

Sweden.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 272 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, [2009]

Summary:

Frank Partnoy delivers a thrilling history lesson about an era and a nearly century-old Wall Street scandal rooted in unscrupulous investment banking and derivative hedge funds techniques developed by one man--Ivar Kreuger. Kreuger made his fortune in the 1920s by raising money from American investors to lend to European governments in exchange for match monopolies. Then he suddenly committed suicide in 1932. As his fraudulent schemes unraveled in the wake of his death, the so-called "Kreuger crash" began, bankrupting millions and leading to the enactment of the securities laws of 1933 and 1934.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-235) and index.

ISBN:

9781586487430

1586487434

OCLC:

316806735