The accidental investment banker : inside the decade that transformed Wall Street / Jonathan A. Knee.
Publisher's description: 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 f...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The accidental investment banker : |b inside the decade that transformed Wall Street / |c Jonathan A. Knee. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-242) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t A chicken in every pot -- |t The accidental investment banker -- |t An empire of its own -- |t "Let's ask Sydney Weinberg" -- |t What investment bankers really do -- |t The culture of M&A -- |t The rise of John Thornton -- |t The House of Morgan -- |t Cracks in the façade -- |t Drama of the gifted banker -- |t Take a walk on the buy-side -- |t "Save the red carpet for the talent" -- |t View from the top -- |t The myth of meritocracy -- |t King of the SLCs -- |t The long goodbye. |
| 520 | |a Publisher's description: 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 an exhilarating 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 banking. Indeed, Knee entered an industry that was typified by the motto "first-class business in a first-class way" and saw it transformed in a decade to a free-for-all typified by the acronym IBG, YBG ("I'll be gone, you'll be gone"). Increasingly mercenary bankers signed off on weak deals, knowing they would leave them in the rear-view mirror. Once, investment bankers prospered largely on their success in serving the client, preserving the firm, and protecting the public interest. Now, in the "financial supermarket" era, bankers felt not only that each day might be their last, but that their worth was tied exclusively to how much revenue they generated for the firm on that day--regardless of the source. Today, most young executives feel no loyalty to their firms, and among their clients, Knee finds an unprecedented but understandable level of cynicism and distrust of investment banks. | ||
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