The last tycoons : the secret history of Lazard Frères & Co.

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The last tycoons : the secret history of Lazard Frères & Co.

Title remainder

the secret history of Lazard Frères & Co.

Statement of responsibility

William D. Cohan

Creator

• Cohan, William D

Subject

• Bankers -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
• Banks and banking -- France -- History
• Banks and banking -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• Bedrijven
• Bankers -- France -- Biography
• Leiderschap
• Life cycle-analyse
• Organisatiegedrag
• Lazard Frères & Co. -- History

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. Author Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street in this tale of vaulting ambitions, whispered advice, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth.--From publisher description

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

HG2613.N54

LC item number

L39 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography