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Main Street Dealmaker

Author : Brighton Walsh
Publisher : Bright Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1685180000
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Main Street Dealmaker written by Brighton Walsh and published by Bright Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no doubt opposites attract for these enemies, but there's no way there could be any kind of a future for a wedding planner and a divorce attorney...right? All Sadie Rollins wants for Christmas is a break. Three years ago, she stumbled into her dream job as a wedding planner, but she's been so bogged down with the minutiae of inn ownership that she can't even enjoy it. She and her twin sister might have been bequeathed the Starlight Haven Inn, but the bed and breakfast didn't come with much more than extra-long hours and piles of debt. Cole Donovan was looking for a fresh start when he moved to Havenbrook following the worst kind of betrayal. Instead, his reputation as a cutthroat divorce attorney preceded him--and tainted his introduction to the only woman he's had eyes for since his own divorce. Too bad she can't stand him. When Sadie's cousin offers her an opportunity to have the inn featured in the country's leading wedding magazine in exchange for a bit of modeling, she jumps at the chance for some exposure. All she has to do is wear a wedding dress and pretend to be smitten with a stranger for a couple hours. The only trouble is the fake groom is no stranger, and as much as she loathes Cole, her body hasn't gotten the message. Neither, it seems, has his… For fans of Melanie Harlow, Elsie Silver, and Lucy Score comes an enemies to lovers, opposites attract, grumpy sunshine spicy small town romance. Main Street Dealmaker is a standalone small town romance, without any cheating or other woman drama, complete with a happily ever after.

Main Street Dealmaker

Author : Brighton Walsh
Publisher : Bright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781685180010
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Main Street Dealmaker written by Brighton Walsh and published by Bright Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no doubt opposites attract for these enemies, but there's no way there could be any kind of a future for a wedding planner and a divorce attorney...right? All Sadie Rollins wants for Christmas is a break. Three years ago, she stumbled into her dream job as a wedding planner, but she's been so bogged down with the minutiae of inn ownership that she can't even enjoy it. She and her twin sister might have been bequeathed the Starlight Haven Inn, but the bed and breakfast didn't come with much more than extra-long hours and piles of debt. Cole Donovan was looking for a fresh start when he moved to Havenbrook following the worst kind of betrayal. Instead, his reputation as a cutthroat divorce attorney preceded him--and tainted his introduction to the only woman he's had eyes for since his own divorce. Too bad she can't stand him. When Sadie's cousin offers her an opportunity to have the inn featured in the country's leading wedding magazine in exchange for a bit of modeling, she jumps at the chance for some exposure. All she has to do is wear a wedding dress and pretend to be smitten with a stranger for a couple hours. The only trouble is the fake groom is no stranger, and as much as she loathes Cole, her body hasn't gotten the message. Neither, it seems, has his...

Deal Breaker

Author : Harlan Coben
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593974514
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Deal Breaker written by Harlan Coben and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron's prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. Trying to unravel the truth about a family's tragedy, a woman's secret, and a man's lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction—Myron Bolitar—a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance.

Trump: The Art of the Deal

Author : Donald J. Trump
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307575330
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Trump: The Art of the Deal written by Donald J. Trump and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost deal-maker. “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur—the ultimate read for anyone interested in the man behind the spotlight. Praise for Trump: The Art of the Deal “Trump makes one believe for a moment in the American dream again.”—The New York Times “Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune “Fascinating . . . wholly absorbing . . . conveys Trump’s larger-than-life demeanor so vibrantly that the reader’s attention is instantly and fully claimed.”—Boston Herald “A chatty, generous, chutzpa-filled autobiography.”—New York Post

Bull by the Horns

Author : Sheila Bair
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672497
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Bull by the Horns written by Sheila Bair and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.

Makers and Takers

Author : Rana Foroohar
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0553447254
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Makers and Takers written by Rana Foroohar and published by Currency. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America? "A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held equally on both sides of political spectrum, and it seems only to be gaining momentum. A key reason, says Financial Times columnist Rana Foroohar, is the fact that Wall Street is no longer supporting Main Street businesses that create the jobs for the middle and working class. She draws on in-depth reporting and interviews at the highest rungs of business and government to show how the “financialization of America”—the phenomenon by which finance and its way of thinking have come to dominate every corner of business—is threatening the American Dream. Now updated with new material explaining how our corrupted financial system propelled Donald Trump to power, Makers and Takers explores the confluence of forces that has led American businesses to favor balance-sheet engineering over the actual kind, greed over growth, and short-term profits over putting people to work. From the cozy relationship between Wall Street and Washington, to a tax code designed to benefit wealthy individuals and corporations, to forty years of bad policy decisions, she shows why so many Americans have lost trust in the system, and why it matters urgently to us all. Through colorful stories of both “Takers,” those stifling job creation while lining their own pockets, and “Makers,” businesses serving the real economy, Foroohar shows how we can reverse these trends for a better path forward.

The Dealmaker

Author : Guy Hands
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473598788
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Dealmaker written by Guy Hands and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making. The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the deal that almost bankrupted him - the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007, just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all, he gives the reader a real sense of what it's like inside the secretive world of private equity, describing in frank detail the pressures and rewards involved. Insightful and page-turning, The Dealmaker will prove inspirational and essential reading for all those who want to understand how huge business negotiations are done, and what makes one of private equity's biggest players tick.

Captain Heartbreaker

Author : Brighton Walsh
Publisher : Bright Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 173382491X
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Captain Heartbreaker written by Brighton Walsh and published by Bright Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a broken bond—a broken heart—ever truly be mended? Captain Hudson Miller lives and breathes the thrill of flight. For ten years, he’s spent his days in the sky as an army pilot. But he’s never forgotten the girl—the woman—he left back home. On post-deployment leave, he decides it’s time to return to Havenbrook for the first time since he enlisted in the military. Back to his momma’s peach pie, enough memories to last a lifetime… And the only girl who ever left an impression on his heart. Mackenna Haven should have her life figured out by now. Instead, she’s a college drop-out working at her soon-to-be brother-in-law’s bar and living on her parent’s land. She’s shied away from commitment of any kind—she doesn’t even have a consistent weekend booty call. But that doesn’t mean Hudson can walk back into her life after ten years and expect he can make good on their childhood pact. He walked away from her once already, and she’s not giving him a second chance to destroy her heart. For fans of Carly Phillips, Catherine Cowles and Jill Shalvis comes a second chance, friends to strangers to lovers, marriage pact spicy small town romance. Captain Heartbreaker is book four in the Havenbrook series, but it can be read and enjoyed without reading any other Havenbrook books. Each full length book in this series can be read on its own.

Middle Market M & A

Author : Kenneth H. Marks
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111819862X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Middle Market M & A written by Kenneth H. Marks and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In-depth coverage in a single handbook of the middle market based on the body of knowledge of the Certified M&A Advisor credential program M&A advisors have an unprecedented opportunity in the middle market with the generational transfer of wealth and capital being deployed by private equity and corporate investors. Middle Market M&A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting is a must-read for investment bankers, M&A intermediaries and specialists, CPAs and accountants, valuation experts, deal and transaction attorneys, wealth managers and investors, corporate development leaders, consultants and advisors, CEOs, and CFOs. Provides a holistic overview and guide on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic transactions of companies with revenues from $5 million to $500 million Encompasses current market trends, activities, and strategies covering pre, during, and post transaction Addresses the processes and core subject areas required to successfully navigate and close deals in the private capital market Includes content on engagement and practice management for those involved in the M&A business This practical guide and reference is also an excellent primer for those seeking to obtain their FINRA Series 79 license.

Invest Like a Dealmaker

Author : Christopher W. Mayer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470245786
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Invest Like a Dealmaker written by Christopher W. Mayer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invest Like a Dealmaker outlines an approach to investing that is far removed from what most investors have been conditioned to believe, but which has produced consistent profits for its practitioners decade after decade. While the concepts covered are not well known by the average investor, they are well appreciated by Wall Street insiders and dealmakers—particularly those who think about stocks as whole companies, as things with real assets, and cash flows that exist in the real world.

Plus One

Author : Brighton Walsh
Publisher : Bright Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1685180116
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Plus One written by Brighton Walsh and published by Bright Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve been in love with Olivia for years, but she never saw me as more than her best friend’s brother. So I packed up and left. Moved away to get some much-needed distance from her and the pull I constantly felt while still staying in touch as her friend. And what are friends for except to jump in when needed? So when she swears off men just in time for wedding season, I impulsively volunteer to be her stand-in wedding date. The problem is, Olivia and I get along just as well as we always have. We make each other laugh and finish each other’s sentences. Not to mention we have the kind of chemistry that’s hard to ignore. Especially when we attend an out of town wedding and have to share a hotel room with only one bed. It doesn’t take long to realize we’re great in and out of the bedroom, and by Date Number Four, there’s no denying I’m still in love with her. The trouble is, Olivia’s only looking for a plus one during her summer of fun. And I won’t settle for less than forever with her.

Deal Maker

Author : Joseph Dean Klatt
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449052630
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Deal Maker written by Joseph Dean Klatt and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of negotiation stories that apply techniques Dr. Klatt has learned since 1972, the year he began his career as a professional real estate licensee negotiator. They are techniques that were learned in the School of Hard Knocks, the best learning place of all. This book is not intended to be a complete presentation of all areas of negotiation, negotiation practice, or negotiation theory. It is intentionally short on theory and long on stories. It is so much easier (and more fun) to remember stories than theory, and if you remember the story you will be able to work back to the theory. It is a book written for real estate agents, law students, attorneys, mediators, and anyone else for whom negotiations are central to their career. In a sense, this means that this book has been written for us all. For we are all professional negotiators. Dr. Klatt was a strapping San Diego City lifeguard, excellent athlete, competitive surfer, ambidextrous tennis player, and drag racing champion before an accident robbed him of his sight. That was an event that could have broken the spirit of lesser men. Instead, Dr. Klatt turned his physical short-coming into a vector for professional excellence. He went on to sell a portfolio of property that has a present collective value that is easily worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and he did it all without ever laying sight upon one single inch of the property that he sold. This book is his method.

Mark Warner the Dealmaker

Author : Will Payne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162585112X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Mark Warner the Dealmaker written by Will Payne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mark Warner left office in 2006 with an 80 percent approval rating, TIME magazine called him one of "America's Five Best Governors." Virginia was ranked the best-managed state in the nation, the best state for business and the best state for educational opportunity. When Warner began his term in 2002, the commonwealth was in the midst of its worst fiscal crisis in forty years, and partisan bickering had brought political discourse in Richmond to a standstill. An entrepreneur from a young age, Warner became the world's first cellular industry broker and later co-founded Nextel. The conservative Democrat came in with a plan to turn Virginia around and restore the public's trust in state government, winning the support of battle-hardened Republican legislators. This is the story of how Mark Warner entered the governor's office a hands-on dealmaker and emerged a statesman.

Emerging Real Estate Markets

Author : David Lindahl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118045238
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Real Estate Markets written by David Lindahl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Emerging Real Estate Markets "In this book, you'll discover how to snatch real estate opportunities at low prices, before their value becomes common knowledge. Buy all the copies on the bookshelf before your competitor does!" —Frank McKinney, "The Maverick Daredevil Real Estate Entrepreneur" and author of Frank McKinney's Maverick Approach to Real Estate Success "I've never seen another real estate book even come close to laying out a profit road map the way this one does. If your local economy is too hot or too cold, Lindahl's guide will show you how to invest in the up-and-coming markets with the greatest profit potential." —Stacy Kellams, President, www.RealEstateCourseReviews.com "Lindahl shows you how to look into the future and see where the next hot real estate markets will be. It's the closest thing I've found to a real estate crystal ball." —Jeff Adams, President, www.FreeRealEstateMentoring.com "The brilliant thing about this book is Lindahl's approach to investing by 'remote control.' He has a real-world system for living in one place and making money from investments in another." —William Bronchick, attorney and coauthor of Flipping Properties "In the crowded field of real estate gurus, Lindahl stands head-and-shoulders above the rest. This book is must reading for any serious investor—beginner or veteran." —Justin Ford, author of Seeds of Wealth and Main Street Millionaire

The Gambler

Author : William C. Rempel
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062456792
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Gambler written by William C. Rempel and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Offers an entertaining look at Kerkorian’s outsize life… an interesting portrait of a billionaire.” – Wall Street Journal The rags-to-riches story of one of America’s wealthiest and least-known financial giants, self-made billionaire Kirk Kerkorian—the daring aviator, movie mogul, risk-taker, and business tycoon who transformed Las Vegas and Hollywood to become one of the leading financiers in American business. Kerkorian combined the courage of a World War II pilot, the fortitude of a scrappy boxer, the cunning of an inscrutable poker player and an unmatched genius for making deals. He never put his name on a building, but when he died he owned almost every major hotel and casino in Las Vegas. He envisioned and fostered a new industry —the leisure business. Three times he built the biggest resort hotel in the world. Three times he bought and sold the fabled MGM Studios, forever changing the way Hollywood does business. His early life began as far as possible from a place on the Forbes List of Billionaires when he and his Armenian immigrant family lost their farm to foreclosure. He was four. They arrived in Los Angeles penniless and moved often, staying one step ahead of more evictions. Young Kirk learned English on the streets of L.A., made pennies hawking newspapers and dropped out after eighth grade. How he went on to become one of the richest and most generous men in America—his net worth as much as $20 billion—is a story largely unknown to the world. That’s because what Kerkorian valued most was his privacy. His very private life turned to tabloid fodder late in life when a former professional tennis player falsely claimed that the eighty-five-year-old billionaire fathered her child. In this engrossing biography, investigative reporter William C. Rempel digs deep into Kerkorian’s long-guarded history to introduce a man of contradictions—a poorly educated genius for deal-making, an extraordinarily shy man who made the boldest of business ventures, a careful and calculating investor who was willing to bet everything on a single roll of the dice. Unlike others of his status and importance, Kerkorian made few public appearances and strenuously avoided personal publicity. His friends and associates, however, were some of the biggest names in business, entertainment, and sports—among them Howard Hughes, Ted Turner, Steve Wynn, Michael Milken, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Elvis Presley, Mike Tyson, and Andre Agassi. When he died in 2015 two years shy of the century mark, Kerkorian had outlived many of his closest friends and associates. Now, Rempel meticulously pieces together revealing fragments of Kerkorian’s life, collected from diverse sources—war records, business archives, court documents, news clippings and the recollections and recorded memories of longtime pals and relatives. In The Gambler, Rempel illuminates this unknown, self-made man and his inspiring legacy as never before.

Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got

Author : Jay Abraham
Publisher : Truman Talley Books
ISBN 13 : 0312271468
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got written by Jay Abraham and published by Truman Talley Books. This book was released on 2000-02-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trusted advisor to America's top corporations and recognized as one of today's preeminent marketing experts, Jay Abraham has created a program of proven strategies to help you realize undreamed-of success! Unseen opportunities face each of us every day. Using clear examples from his own experience, Jay explains just how easy it can be to find and/or create new opportunities for wealth-building in any existing business, enterprise, or venture. And just how easy can it be? One entrepreneur took the concept of the ballpoint pen and refined it into a multimillion-dollar idea: roll-on deodorant. Fred Smith of Federal Express took the methods that banks use for clearing checks to develop an overnight delivery company that has revolutionized the way we do business. Now, what have you seen--or are going to see--that you could take and turn to your advantage? In Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got: 21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition, the program focuses on helping you spot the hidden assets, overlooked opportunities, and untapped resources around you, and gives you, and gives you fresh eyes with which to see and capitalize on them. You'll also learn how to adapt and apply these tools to your unique circumstances to maximize your income, influence, power, and success.

Tearing Down the Walls

Author : Monica Langley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743247269
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Tearing Down the Walls written by Monica Langley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He is one of the world's most accomplished figures of modern finance. As chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, Sanford "Sandy" Weill has become an American legend, a banking visionary whose innovativeness, opportunism, and even fear drove him from the lowliest jobs on Wall Street to its most commanding heights. In this unprecedented biography, acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Monica Langley provides a compelling account of Weill's rise to power. What emerges is a portrait of a man who is as vital and as volatile as the market itself. Tearing Down the Walls tells the riveting inside story of how a Jewish boy from Brooklyn's back alleys overcame incredible odds and deep-seated prejudices to transform the financial-services industry as we know it today. Using nearly five hundred firsthand interviews with key players in Weill's life and career -- including Weill himself -- Langley brilliantly chronicles not only his success and scandals but also the shadows of his hidden self: his father's abandonment and his loving marriage; his tyrannical rages as well as his tearful regrets; his fierce sense of loyalty and his ruthless elimination of potential rivals. By highlighting in new and startling detail one man's life in a narrative as richly textured and compelling as a novel, Tearing Down the Walls provides the historical context of the dramatic changes not only in business but also in American society in the last half century.