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Overview"He is one of the world's most accomplished figures of modern finance. As chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, Sanford ""Sandy"" Weill has become an American legend, a banking visionary whose innovativeness, opportunism, and even fear drove him from the lowliest jobs on Wall Street to its most commanding heights. In this unprecedented biography, acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporter Monica Langley provides a compelling account of Weill's rise to power. What emerges is a portrait of a man who is as vital and as volatile as the market itself. Tearing Down the Walls tells the riveting inside story of how a Jewish boy from Brooklyn's back alleys overcame incredible odds and deep-seated prejudices to transform the financial-services industry as we know it today. Using nearly five hundred firsthand interviews with key players in Weill's life and career -- including Weill himself -- Langley brilliantly chronicles not only his success and scandals but also the shadows of his hidden self: his father's abandonment and his loving marriage; his tyrannical rages as well as his tearful regrets; his fierce sense of loyalty and his ruthless elimination of potential rivals. By highlighting in new and startling detail one man's life in a narrative as richly textured and compelling as a novel, Tearing Down the Walls provides the historical context of the dramatic changes not only in business but also in American society in the last half century." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Monica LangleyPublisher: Simon & Schuster Imprint: The Free Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9780743247269ISBN 10: 0743247264 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 03 May 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents Cast of Characters Prologue 1. Crashing the Gates 2. Corned Beef With Lettuce 3. Into the WASP Nest 4. Exile on Park Avenue 5. Rip Van Winkle Inc. 6. Backwater Mogul 7. Branching Out 8. Fast Jets, Golden Parachutes 9. A Splendid Balance 10. Homecoming 11. The Red Umbrella 12. Choices 13. The Mother of All Deals 14. The Hydra-Headed Monster 15. Stalemate 16. Showdown 17. Seeds of Destruction 18. Blindsided 19. Taking Command A Note on Sources Acknowledgments IndexReviewsForbes A riveting narrative. The Economist A rollicking biography. BusinessWeek A well-written, fast-paced read that does the best job yet of explaining who Weill is. Time [A] richly reported recent history of Wall Street and corporate America told through an oversize personality. BusinessWeek <p>A well-written, fast-paced read that does the best job yet of explaining who Weill is.<p> Author InformationMonica Langley has written for The Wall Street Journal for twelve years. Her investigative reports on a wide array of subjects have regularly appeared on the Journal's front page. Formerly a practicing attorney for eight years, she lives with her husband and daughter in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |