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The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 The first and fascinating look into the mind of Jim Simons, the shy billionaire who revolutionized Wall Street Jim Simons is the greatest moneymaker in modern financial history. His record bests...

In 1868, Jamsetji Tata, a visionary of his time, lit the flame that went on to become Tata and its group of companies. This business grew into an extraordinary one. One that some may even call 'the greatest company in the world'. Over the decades, the business expanded and prospered under the...

A hilarious insider's glimpse behind the scenes of DLJ, one of the hottest investment banks on Wall Street. Newly graduated business students John Rolfe and Peter Troob thought life at a major investment banking firm would be a dream come true. But they discovered Wall Street employees to be...

In 2016, one of the giants of modern journalism fell: Gawker Media, infamous for saying what other outlets wouldn't say, was sued for publishing Hulk Hogan's sex tape, lost the case and went bust. After countless other lawsuits it seemed that Gawker had finally run out of luck. But luck had nothing to do with it. Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and billionaire investor, had masterminded the whole thing.

In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Derman details his adventures in this field - analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.

Jim McNerney was one of Jack Welch's top protégés at General Electric and a finalist to replace the retiring Welch as CEO. McNerney lost that competition in 2001, but since then he has emerged as one of the most effective leaders of his generation.

Hopping over the Rabbit Hole chronicles the rise, fall, and resurgence of SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, giving you a primer on how to thrive in an unpredictable business environment. The sheer number of American success stories has created a false impression that becoming an entrepreneur is a can't-miss endeavor—but nothing could be further from the truth. In the real world, an entrepreneur batting .150 goes directly to the Hall of Fame. Things happen. You make a bad hire, a bad strategic decision, or suffer the consequences of an unforeseen market crash.

For første gang fortælles historien om en af de største humanitære skikkelser i det 20. århundredes danmarkshistorie: Bernhard Arp Sindberg. I december 1937 falder den kinesiske hovedstad, Nanjing, og den japanske hær går amok i et orgie af vold, mord og gruppevoldtægter. I løbet af seks uger bliver hundredetusindvis af civilister og krigsfanger myrdet. Den danske opsynsmand på F.L. Smidths cementfabrik, Bernhard Arp Sindberg, åbner fabrikkens porte, og 10.000 civile kinesere slår sig ned på området uden for japanernes rækkevidde. Sindberg var en skæv eksistens, der i en kort periode trådte i

L'incredibile e irresistibile storia di Amadeo Peter Giannini, che nel 1904 in un bar di San Francisco creò quella che sarebbe diventata la più grande banca del mondo. Figlio di due emigranti liguri, Giannini rivoluzionò il mondo del credito prestando denaro a operai ed emigranti. Abbracciò l;idea che fosse possibile una finanza etica, combatté l'usura e il mondo della finanza senza scrupoli. Era solito dire: "Un banchiere dovrebbe considerare se stesso un servo del popolo, un servo della comunità".

The candid tale of one of Britain’s most outstanding contemporary philanthropists. These pages wryly track Peter’s varied career moves, from flogging tickets for one of The Beatles first major concerts, to getting inadvertently caught up in a New York family turf war while trying to buy a...

The renowned late, great entrepreneur Peter Stringfellow describes how he came to own several nightclubs. He is then interviewed by the British actor and former professional footballer Vinnie Jones.

When Peter Otieno finally left formal employment to focus on his enterprises, he did not anticipate a world of politics and backstabbing the private sector. Leaving an illustrious career in a multinational organization that had systems firmly in place, Peter joins murky world of partnerships and weak governance structures. The book gives a candid account of the behind the scenes shenanigans of partnership that we rarely glimpse in the private enterprises.

Laurits Andersen var en dansk-kinesisk tobakskonge og en fremtrædende erhvervsmand i Kina fra 1880’erne og frem til sin død i 1928. Han blev direktør for det amerikanske handelsfirma Mustard & Co. i Shanghai, som introducerede maskinfremstillede cigaretter i Kina i slutningen af 1800-tallet, hvor cigaretter var på vej til at opnå enorm popularitet i andre dele af verden. Han blev kendt i sit hjemland i slutningen af sit liv, da han donerede en formue til renoveringen af Nationalmuseet, hvor han var kommet som dreng.

Barry Avrich - a self-made, Montreal-born film producer-director, flamboyant advertising executive, and legendary biographer and connector of moguls and stars. For over three decades, he has relentlessly produced films on some of the most notorious show-business titans and also found the time to market and promote feature films, concerts, and the biggest shows on Broadway.

THE GLOBALIST is the first in-depth biography of an international power-broker who was instrumental in shaping the global economy that we know today. PETER SUTHERLAND played a defining role in world history over the past 25 years and was arguably the most influential Irish person ever to have...

An engrossing and insightful memoir by Peter Shapiro, the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation Peter Shapiro is perhaps the most notable independent concert promoter since Bill Graham. He owned the legendary Wetlands in Tribeca and has gone onto much bigger things...

Über 5 Millionen Menschen glauben ihn zu kennen: Peter Zwegat - bekannt durch seine Sendung "Raus aus den Schulden" lebte nicht nur mit Schulden und verschuldeten Menschen. Viele Türen standen ihm offen: Dreher, Bäcker, Leichtathlet, Verwaltungsbeamter.

How did Tata transform itself from a family-owned business to one of the most professionally managed enterprises in the world? How did it become a world leader in an array of unrelated businesses-from steel and automobile manufacturing to hotels and IT consulting? What exactly is the 'Tata Way'...

At age ninety-one, Soros still looms large on the global stage, and yet the man himself is surprisingly little understood. Biographers have attempted to tell the story of George Soros, but no single account of his life can capture his extraordinary, multifaceted character. Now, in this ambitious and revealing new book, Soros's longtime publisher, Peter L. W. Osnos, has assembled an intriguing set of contributors from a variety of different perspectives—public intellectuals, journalists, scholars, and nonprofit leaders—to paint a full picture of the man beyond the media portrayals.