King of Capital：The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone

图书标准信息

• 作者 David（戴维·卡蕾）、John E. Morris（约翰·E·莫里斯） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2010-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780307452993
• 定价 198.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

StrippersandFlippers...oraNewPositiveForceHelpingtoDrivetheEconomy...

TheuntoldstoryofSteveSchwarzmanandBlackstone,thefinancierandhisfinancialpowerhousethatavoidedtheself-destructivetendenciesofWallStreet.DavidCareyandJohnMorrisshowhowBlackstone(andotherprivateequityfirms)transformedthemselvesfromgamblers,hostile-takeoverartists,and'barbariansatthegate'intodisciplined,risk-consciousinvestors.

Thefinancialestablishment—banksandinvestmentbankerssuchasCitigroup,BearStearns,Lehman,UBS,GoldmanSachs,MerrillLynch,MorganStanley—werethecowboys,recklesslyassumingrisks,leveraginguptoastronomicallevelsanddrivingtheeconomytothebrinkofdisaster.

Blackstoneisnowreadytobreakoutonceagainsinceitissittingonbillionsofdollarsthatcanbeinvestedatatimewhenthemarketisstarvedforcapital.

Thestoryofafinancialrevolution—thegreatestuntoldsuccessstoryonWallStreet:NotonlyhaveBlackstoneandasmallcoterieofcompetitorswrestedcontrolofcorporationsaroundtheglobe,buttheyhaveemergedasamajorforceonWallStreet,challengingthelikesofGoldmanSachsandMorganStanleyfordominance.

Greathumanintereststory:HowBlackstonewentfromtwoguysandasecretarytobeingoneofWallStreet'smostpowerfulinstitutions,faroutgrowingitsmucholderrivalKKR;andhowSteveSchwarzman,withapaypacketoneyearof$398millionand$684millionfromtheBlackstoneIPO,cametoepitomizethespectacularnewfinancialfortunesamassedinthe2000s.

Controversial:AnalyzesthecontroversiessurroundingBlackstoneandwhetheritandotherprivateequityfirmssuckthelifebloodoutofcompaniestoenrichthemselves—orwhethertheyareaforcethathelpsmakethecompaniestheyownstrongerandtherebybettercompetitors.

Thestorybytwoinsiderswithaccess:Insightfulandhard-hitting,filledwithnever-before-revealeddetailsabouttheworkingsofaheretoforesecretivecompanythatwasthepersonalfiefdomofSchwarzmanandPeterPeterson.

Forward-looking:HowBlackstoneandprivateequitywilldrivetheeconomyandprovideamodelforhowfinancingwillwork.

【作者简介】

DavidCareyisseniorwriterforTheDeal,anewsserviceandmagazinecoveringprivateequityandmergersandacquisitions.BeforejoiningTheDealhewastheeditorofCorporateFinancemagazineandwroteforAdweek,Fortune,InstitutionalInvestor,andFinancialWorld.

JohnE.Morris,nowaneditorwithDowJonesInvestmentBanker,wasformanyyearsanassistantmanagingeditoratTheDealinNewYorkandLondonandbeforethatwasaneditorandwriteratTheAmericanLawyermagazine.