02682nam 22005534a 450 991045165810332120200520144314.01-280-84664-X0-19-804205-11-4294-4032-5(CKB)1000000000470076(EBL)272788(OCoLC)476012544(SSID)ssj0000096477(PQKBManifestationID)11114391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096477(PQKBWorkID)10081991(PQKB)11551522(MiAaPQ)EBC272788(Au-PeEL)EBL272788(CaPaEBR)ebr10160638(CaONFJC)MIL84664(EXLCZ)99100000000047007620060331d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe accidental investment banker[electronic resource] inside the decade that transformed Wall Street /Jonathan A. KneeOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530792-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.A chicken in every pot -- The accidental investment banker -- An empire of its own -- "Let's ask Sydney Weinberg" -- What investment bankers really do -- The culture of M&A -- The rise of John Thornton -- The House of Morgan -- Cracks in the façade -- Drama of the gifted banker -- Take a walk on the buy-side -- "Save the red carpet for the talent" -- View from the top -- The myth of meritocracy -- King of the SLCs -- The long goodbye.Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures anexhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst. Populated with power players, back stabbers, celebrity bankers, and godzillionaires, here is a vivid account of the dramatic upheaval that took place in investment bankiInvestment bankingUnited StatesElectronic books.Investment banking332.660973Knee Jonathan A957277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451658103321The accidental investment banker2168425UNINA