Wall Street People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls

by Charles D. Ellis and James R. Vertin

Book Overview

"Wall Street People" ist das erste komplette Who's Who in der Geschichte der bekanntesten Finanzstra?e der Welt. Charles Ellis und James Vertin - zwei Wall Street Insider - portratieren hier Dutzende der faszinierendsten, einflussreichsten und popularsten Finanzgro?en, die jemals Licht in das sagenumwobene Dunkel der beruhmten Wall Street gebracht haben. Erzahlt werden spannende Geschichten uber das Geld - daruber, wie es gewonnen und verloren wurde,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471238090
• ISBN13: 9780471238096
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Insightful!

Writing with James R. Vertin, author Charles D. Ellis presents brief profiles of 85 Wall Street leaders who contributed to the growth of the world's major financial marketplace. The authors divide these individuals - all men, which tells a tale right there - into four slightly arbitrary groups: masters of investing, movers and shakers, business builders, and wisemen and rascals. The collection is drawn from the other writers' pieces about these men, and includes occasional articles the featured financiers wrote themselves. Apart from a few brief notes about some patterns that the author observed, these excerpts from various sources stand alone, with no overarching theme or exposition. We [...] keenly feel the lack of a few analytical essays that might have pulled the collection together and integrated it thematically, but even so, this serves as a useful research tool and an interesting introduction to a unique confluence of powerful men.