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King of Capital aspires to be a serious portrait of Blackstone and the way that Schwarzman so brilliantly built it up, scoring numerous coups along the way and avoiding the mistakes of many competitors. And it does a fine job in what it sets out to do. --The Financial Times, 20/10/2010
New book offers fresh portrait of buyout powerhouse...The authors were given rare access to Blackstone s inner circle and have produced an intimate portrait of the secretive firm. --Financial News, 18/10/2010
New book offers fresh portrait of buyout powerhouse...The authors were given rare access to Blackstone s inner circle and have produced an intimate portrait of the secretive firm. --Financial News, 18/10/2010
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The untold story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone, the financier and his financial powerhouse who avoided the self-destructive tendencies of Wall Street; how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed from being gamblers, hostile takeover artists, and "barbarians at the gate" into disciplined, risk-conscious investors. The financial establishment banks and investment bankers such as Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Lehman, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley were the cowboys, recklessly assuming risks, leveraging up to astronomical levels and driving the economy to the brink of disaster. Blackstone is now ready to break out once again since it is sitting on billions of dollars that can be invested at a time when the market is starved for capital. This book is rough cut, which means the pages are unevenly cut to give the book a distinctive look and feel.
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This journey through the world of buy-outs and private equity and in particular Blackstone and it's co-founder and longtime driving force Steve Schwarzman, is comprehensively told by the authors David Carey and John E Morris, both experienced financial journalists. It is a very complete account of virtually (if not all) of the deals, both successes and failures undertaken by Blackstone from its start in 1985 through to fairly recently, and it explains in understandable jargon all of the 'in's-and-out's' and technicalities of the Private Equity money making merry-go-round.
The book also strives to give a balanced view on the whole business, ethics and usefulness to society of Private Equity buccaneers from Knights on White Horses riding to save ailing businesses to bloodsuckers interested only in lining their own pockets with little or no regard for others. The reader is left to make his own mind up in this respect.
However, I found that, whilst "King Of Capital" was a well researched and compiled book that was instructive as well as informative, it was perhaps a tad short of instilling a sense into the reader of the 'passion' and cut and thrust that surely must be a involved in the wheeling and dealing of company take-overs and buy-outs. Steve Schwarzman is undoubtedly some hell of a good business man and deal-maker but by the end of the book I did not feel that I 'knew' the man - perhaps this enigmatic persona is what has kept him on top of the pile?
The book also strives to give a balanced view on the whole business, ethics and usefulness to society of Private Equity buccaneers from Knights on White Horses riding to save ailing businesses to bloodsuckers interested only in lining their own pockets with little or no regard for others. The reader is left to make his own mind up in this respect.
However, I found that, whilst "King Of Capital" was a well researched and compiled book that was instructive as well as informative, it was perhaps a tad short of instilling a sense into the reader of the 'passion' and cut and thrust that surely must be a involved in the wheeling and dealing of company take-overs and buy-outs. Steve Schwarzman is undoubtedly some hell of a good business man and deal-maker but by the end of the book I did not feel that I 'knew' the man - perhaps this enigmatic persona is what has kept him on top of the pile?
Format:Hardcover
Prior reviewers have mentioned issues with the quality of the printing. I have to reinforce those experiences. The content of the book is interesting, well written and well researched. The appearance of the book is appalling. Pages have been badly cut, the paper on which it is printed is of a very low grade and my copy has a number of misaligned pages. Not sure why the publishers would send product in this state. Detracts from the book itself.
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Format:Hardcover
Just received the book, but have to say that it has been poorly printed. Great cover, but the pages are all uneven and with ragged edges. Not sure if this is the style of the book or it has just been poorly printed?
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