The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frres & Co.

by William D. Cohan

David Aaron Baker (Narrator)

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A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank

Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the most powerful firms, Lazard Frères & Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in...Read more
  • ISBN10 0739341979
  • ISBN13 9780739341971
  • Publish Date 3 April 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Random House Inc
  • Edition Abridged edition
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Duration 9 hours
  • Language English