King of Capital

by David Carey and John E. Morris

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The story of Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone, and a financial revolution, King of Capital is the greatest untold success story on Wall Street.
 
In King of Capital, David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and ‘barbarians at the gate’ into disciplined, risk-conscious investors while the financial establishment—banks and investment bankers such as Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Lehman, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley—were recklessly assuming risks, leveraging up to astronomical levels and driving the economy to the brink of disaster. Now, not only have Blackstone and a...Read more
  • ISBN10 1299172156
  • ISBN13 9781299172159
  • Publish Date 1 January 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Crown Business
  • Format eBook
  • Language English