02746nam 2200625Ia 450 991077957030332120230215201951.00-19-991162-20-19-025436-X1-299-45670-70-19-990851-6(CKB)2550000001018744(OCoLC)839305337(CaPaEBR)ebrary10684992(SSID)ssj0000860231(PQKBManifestationID)12400814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860231(PQKBWorkID)10883992(PQKB)10993919(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029600(MiAaPQ)EBC1164117(Au-PeEL)EBL1164117(CaPaEBR)ebr10684992(CaONFJC)MIL476920(OCoLC)922904559(EXLCZ)99255000000101874420121019d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrEverybody ought to be rich[electronic resource] the life and times of John J. Raskob, capitalist /David FarberOxford Oxford University Press20131 online resource (376 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-973457-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Capitalists and financiersBiographyFinanceBiographyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCapitalists and financiersFinance338.092BFarber David1956-1275329MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779570303321Everybody ought to be rich3757805UNINA