The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1439101426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly Greenberg, former CEO and chairman of the board of Bear Stearns and vice chairman emeritus of J.P. (July) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From his joining the firm in 1949 through the sharp decline of its stock in 2008 to the potential bankruptcy, Greenberg shares not only a company history but the personal story of his journey up the corporate ladder. He takes us from his early days in Oklahoma to his frequent battles with the legendary head of the firm, Cy Lewis, and his disdain for recent CEO Jimmy Cayne. He tells of unusual company practices including reviewi
Whose hindsight? And from what distance? A picture clarifies or blurs with the passage of time, and whatever image emanates at a given instant is colored by the biases of the observer. The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns is Alan Greenberg’s remarkable story of ascending to the top of one of Wall Street’s venerable powerhouse financial institutions. For those of us who across decades gave so much of ourselves to Bear Stearns, what took place during a single week in March 2008 was a watershed in our lives. As Greenberg recalls, "our most unassailable assumption—that Bear Stearns, an independent investment firm with a proud eighty-five-year history, would be in business tomorrow—had been extinguished. Greenberg offers an honest, clear-eyed assessment of how the collapse of the
Amazon Customer said Five Stars. just fine !. BlogOnBooks said The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns - Alan Greenberg (Simon & Schuster). For another angle on the U.S. financial meltdown we look to Alan `Ace' Greenberg's latest book (his second) "The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns." Ace's book is more of a memoir than a chronicle of the latest round of financial regress on the Street. The legendary Wall Street personality regales the reader with stories of his Oklahoma upbringings, his early days at Bear Stearns (where he served out his half-century career) all the way up to the days of running the company, avoiding the dot-com bust but landing head-first in th. "Pompous account" according to Kevin G. This book was fairly disappointing on a few levels.First, I found Alan Greenberg to be a rather pompous individual. He states to us he had absolutely no issues that adversely affected his childhood (which is great but that does not provide for an exciting read). He picked up a few pointers from his old man who started a successful retail business. He then goes on and talks about his rise up the ladder at Bear, which by all accounts made him out to be a cheap boss. However, I did like his business insight into not holding ont
Mark Singer is a staff writer for The New Yorker . He is the author of Memos from the Chairman. Alan C. . Greenberg is the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bear Stearns. He is currently vice chairman emeritus of JP Morgan Chase. He is the author of several books, among them Funny Money