| Description |
xvi, 729 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-709) and index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- Disaster: Goldman Sachs Trading Corporation -- The long road back -- Ford: the largest IPO -- Transition years -- Gus Levy -- The wreck of the Penn Central -- Getting great at selling -- Block trading: the risky business that roared -- Revolution in investment banking -- Principles -- The two Johns -- Bonds: the early years -- Figuring out private client services -- J. Aron: ugly duckling -- Tender defense, a magic carpet -- The uses and abuses of research -- John Weinberg -- Innocents abroad -- Breaking and entering -- How BP almost became a dry hole -- Changing the guard -- Transformation -- False starts in investment management -- Robert Maxwell, the client from hell -- Making arbitrage a business -- J'accuse -- Building a global business -- Steve quit! -- Collecting the best -- Jon Corzine -- Long-term capital management -- Coup -- Getting investment management right -- Paulson's disciplines -- Lloyd Blankfein, risk manager. |
| Summary |
With unparalleled access to the firm's leadership, Ellis chronicles the brilliant individuals who built one of the world's largest investment banks. |
| Subject |
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Investment banking -- United States.
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Investment banking. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
9781594201899 |
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1594201897 |
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