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Rogue Trader
Nick Leeson
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Description for Rogue Trader
Paperback. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Pressure, pace, error: ROGUE TRADER grippingly tells the inside story of how the greatest gamble ever made rocked the City of London to its foundations. Crackling with tension, in a narrative as crisp as any thriller, Nick Leeson's autobiographical account reveals how he 'lost' £800 millions as General Manager of Baring Futures Singapore through foolhardy speculations on behalf of his employer, Barings Brothers - the world's first merchant bank. As Leeson's audacity escalated, so did his losses while London continued to pour money down the drain. ROGUE TRADER is a dazzlingly revealing story of a man ... Read more
Pressure, pace, error: ROGUE TRADER grippingly tells the inside story of how the greatest gamble ever made rocked the City of London to its foundations. Crackling with tension, in a narrative as crisp as any thriller, Nick Leeson's autobiographical account reveals how he 'lost' £800 millions as General Manager of Baring Futures Singapore through foolhardy speculations on behalf of his employer, Barings Brothers - the world's first merchant bank. As Leeson's audacity escalated, so did his losses while London continued to pour money down the drain. ROGUE TRADER is a dazzlingly revealing story of a man ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751517088
SKU
KRF2232022
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nick Leeson
Nick Leeson was born in Watford in 1967 and after a stint at Morgan Stanley joined Baring Brothers in 1989. His immediate success led to his transfer to Singapore. The rest is history. In August 1998 it was revealed that he has contracted cancer.
Reviews for Rogue Trader
Hair-raising...as revealing a document about contemporary Britain as all 2,000 pages of the Scott Report - OBSERVER
The story of Leeson and his bride has it all: filthy lucre, brazen abuse of power, and boy-meets-girl romance - SUNDAY TIMES
Simultaneously entertaining and appalling - FINANCIAL TIMES
'When Nick Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings ... Read more
The story of Leeson and his bride has it all: filthy lucre, brazen abuse of power, and boy-meets-girl romance - SUNDAY TIMES
Simultaneously entertaining and appalling - FINANCIAL TIMES
'When Nick Leeson was arrested in 1995 for bringing Barings ... Read more