DEALS OF THE CENTURY
Throughout history, mergers and acquisitions have been the majorgame played on Wall Street. These deals have had far-reachingeffects, on the worlds of finance and industry – more than mostcommentators or financiers are publicly willing to admit.
Deals of the Century captures this dynamic momentin history by taking an in-depth look at the most notable mergerand acquisition deals of the twentieth of Carnegie Steel in 1901 tothe creation of the former AOL Time Warner, renowned businesshistorian and bestselling author Charles Geisst traces the dealsthat have had the most dramatic impact on the worlds of bothfinance and industry over the past century. Decade by decade, you’ll be introduced to the personalities behind each event, asindustries are built, dismantled, and reorganized by’professionals’ driven mainly by the profits extracted from thedeals themselves.
Engaging and informative, Deals of the Centurypaints an exciting portrait of the incredible M&A journey andillustrates how many of these deals changed the face of business, creating a modern capitalist society that continues to grow.
Зміст
Introduction.
Chapter One. Building the Infrastructure.
Chapter Two. Driving to the Store.
Chapter Three. Power Plays and Conspiracy Theories.
Chapter Four. Roll Over, Euclid.
Chapter Five. Visigoths versus the Legions.
Chapter Six. Spawned by Deregulation.
Chapter Seven. Old Bedfellows.
Bibliography.
Index.
Про автора
Charles Geisst is the author of thirteen books, including The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Money Dynasties (Mc Graw Hill, 2001), Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates (Oxford University Press, 2000), 100 Years of Wall Street (anillustrated history, Mc Graw-Hill, 1999), and Wall Street: AHistory (Oxford University Press, 1997). Wall Street: AHistory was widely reviewed and was on the New York Times Business Bestseller List for three months and was a selection ofthe History Book Club and the Book of the Month Club International.
From 1972-75, Geisst taught political science in an openadmissions environment in the City University of New York beforetaking a job on Wall Street. Subsequently, he worked as a capitalmarkets analyst and investment banker at several investment banksin the City of London. Since 1985 he has taught finance at Manhattan College where he is presently a professor of finance. Hewas named the college’s first Louis F. Capalbo Chair in Business in1993. Consulting assignments in financial markets have been with Cazenove & Co., S.G. Warburg & Co., the Hudson Institute, and J.P. Morgan & Co. Listed in Who’s Who and a frequentparticipant in Renaissance Weekend, he has published professionaland trade articles in magazines and journals such as the International Herald Tribune, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Newsday and Euromoney.
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