02685nam 2200625Ia 450 991081454470332120200520144314.00-19-991162-20-19-025436-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 the life and times of John J. Raskob, capitalist /David Farber1st ed.Oxford 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 financiersBiographyFinanceBiographyCapitalists and financiersFinance338.092BFarber David R1749985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814544703321Everybody ought to be rich4184476UNINA