Everybody ought to be rich : the life and times of John J. Raskob, capitalist / / David Farber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814544703321
• Autore: Farber David R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-19-991162-2; 0-19-025436-X; 1-299-45670-7; 0-19-990851-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.092; B
• Soggetti: Capitalists and financiers; Finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Small town Catholic boy -- Pierre du Pont and John J. Raskob -- The DuPont Company -- Too big? -- A rich life in Wilmington -- Billy Durant -- Family man -- The General Motors deal -- Man of influence -- Crisis manager -- Jazz age hero -- Catholic interests -- John and Al -- The last days of the old order -- Higher and lower at the same time -- Money to burn -- The distant shore.
• Sommario/riassunto: John Raskob is not a name that looms large but his greatest building casts a shadow on the people of New York every day. Financier of the Empire State Building, Raskob was a self-made businessman who worked for DuPont and for GM and famously invented the idea for consumer credit, which he first offered to individual car buyers (GMAC). His wide circle of business associates and personal acquaintances included Water Chrysler, the DuPonts, Alfred Sloane, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Kennedy, Western miners, and the Pope.