The accidental investment banker : inside the decade that transformed Wall Street / Jonathan A. Knee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knee, Jonathan A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investment banking--United States.

Investment banking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures anexhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst. Populated with power players, back stabbers, celebrity bankers, and godzillionaires, here is a vivid account of the dramatic upheaval that took place in investment banki

Contents:

A chicken in every pot

The accidental investment banker

An empire of its own

"Let's ask Sydney Weinberg"

What investment bankers really do

The culture of M&A

The rise of John Thornton

The House of Morgan

Cracks in the facade

Drama of the gifted banker

Take a walk on the buy-side

"Save the red carpet for the talent"

View from the top

The myth of meritocracy

King of the SLCs

The long goodbye.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-992414-7

1-280-84664-X

0-19-804205-1

1-4294-4032-5

OCLC:

476012544