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<br> Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when giants like Mary Meeker moved millions with a single appearance on CNBC. Knee, a partner at boutique investment bank Evercore Partners whos also logged time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, here provides a candid and irreverent insiders account of an industry in free fall during the boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century. Knee takes aim at a range of Street figures, from Joseph Perella to new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. But theres also a bit of self-stroking, as the author celebrates the virtues of boutique firmslike his own. --BusinessWeek<p><br> The best account I've read of how the Internet boom and bust was experienced inside the investment banking department of a big Wall Street firm. --Michael Lewis, Bloomberg.com<p><br> The fashion world has 'The Devil Wears Prada'. Hollywood has 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again'. Now Wall Street is getting...The Accidental Investment Banker.... A rar

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when giants like Mary Meeker moved millions with a single appearance on CNBC. Knee, a partner at boutique investment bank Evercore Partners whos also logged time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, here provides a candid and irreverent insiders account of an industry in free fall during the boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century. Knee takes aim at a range of Street figures, from Joseph Perella to new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. But theres also a bit of self-stroking, as the author celebrates the virtues of boutique firmslike his own. --BusinessWeek The best account I've read of how the Internet boom and bust was experienced inside the investment banking department of a big Wall Street firm. --Michael Lewis, Bloomberg.com The fashion world has 'The Devil Wears Prada'. Hollywood has 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again'. Now Wall Street is getting...The Accidental Investment Banker.... A rare, ringside seat inside the madcap and often egomaniacal world of Wall Street's Masters of the Universe.... For would-be bankers, the book is an excellent primer on what it's really like; for current bankers it will be a guilty pleasure. --Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times Entertainingly indiscreet.... Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use because he worked in the vicinity of some the most colorful and intriguing investment bankers of the 1990s. --John Gapper, Financial Times Articulate and funny.... One of the street's top media bankers, Knee has written what is at once an homage to old school investment banking and an insider's reflection on how the boom era reshaped his industry.... A very good picture of work life on Wall Street through the turn of the century. --MarketWatch.com For anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A. Knee's 'The Accidental Investment Banker' is a must.... Reveals a world that r

<br> Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when giants like Mary Meeker moved millions with a single appearance on CNBC. Knee, a partner at boutique investment bank Evercore Partners whos also logged time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, here provides a candid and irreverent insiders account of an industry in free fall during the boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century. Knee takes aim at a range of Street figures, from Joseph Perella to new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. But theres also a bit of self-stroking, as the author celebrates the virtues of boutique firmslike his own. --BusinessWeek<br> The best account I've read of how the Internet boom and bust was experienced inside the investment banking department of a big Wall Street firm. --Michael Lewis, Bloomberg.com<br> The fashion world has 'The Devil Wears Prada'. Hollywood has 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again'. Now Wall Street is getting...The Accidental Investment Banker.... A rare, rin

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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.

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