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The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Jonathan Knee
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Description for The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
Paperback. "Entertainingly indiscreet.. Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use. "--Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KFFK; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
"Entertainingly indiscreet . . . Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use."--Financial Times
Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A. Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling nineties, when bankers rode the wave of the Internet economy, often by devil-may-care means. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the bubble burst and the industry was in ... Read more
"Entertainingly indiscreet . . . Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use."--Financial Times
Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A. Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling nineties, when bankers rode the wave of the Internet economy, often by devil-may-care means. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the bubble burst and the industry was in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470517345
SKU
V9780470517345
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About Jonathan Knee
Jonathan A. Knee is now a partner at a boutique investment banking firm. He is also Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics and Director of the Media Program at the Columbia Graduate School of Business. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times , and elsewhere.
Reviews for The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
"…"warts and all" account of the boom and bust of the late 1990s up until the start of this century." (The Wharf, Thursday 16th August 2007) "...a Wall Street soap opera in the vein of Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker about Knee's time at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs." (Financial Times, Saturday 25th August 2007) “an unusually candid ... Read more