{"product_id":"9780141036892-the-last-tycoons","title":"The Last Tycoons","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Secret History of Lazard Frères \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of the world's elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. In this title, the author himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam D. Cohan's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/i\u003e is the astonishing story of the world's most elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  For over 150 years Lazard Frères had stood apart from other Wall Street firms by offering ultra-wealthy clients the wisdom of its 'Great Men': from Felix Rohatyn, the escapee from Nazi-occupied France turned financial genius, to Michel David-Weill, the inscrutable French billionaire 'Sun King'; from Steve Rattner, the boy wonder from Long Island who clashed violently with the old guard, to larger-than-life CEO Bruce Wasserstein, 'Bid-Em-Up-Bruce', who broke with the bank's traditions and made himself billions in the process. They amassed unimaginable fortunes and would stop at nothing to make a deal, until their titanic egos started to jeopardize everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoons \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, glamorous mistresses, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Spellbinding'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A definitive account . it lives up to the billing'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Has sent a jolt through Lazard and the rest of Wall Street'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eWilliam D. Cohan\u003c\/b\u003e was an award-winning investigative journalist before embarking on a seventeen-year career as an investment banker on Wall Street. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoons\u003c\/i\u003e, about Lazard, won the 2007 Financial Times\/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e, also a bestseller, is an account of the last days of Bear Stearns \u0026amp; Co. He is also the author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30351735259233,"sku":"9780141036892","price":17.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27113751.jpg?v=1721624238","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141036892-the-last-tycoons","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}