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

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Wall Street's titans clashing in secretive Lazard.

Delving into "The Last Tycoons" is like peeling back the layers of an onion, each one revealing more intricate and tantalizing details about the high-stakes world of finance. William D. Cohan's experience as a banker lends authenticity to this meticulously researched narrative, offering a voyeuristic glimpse into the cutthroat rivalries and opulent lives of Wall Street's elite. It's a must-read if you're fascinated by the combustible mix of money, power, and ambition.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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

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ISBN: 9780385514514
Authors: William D. Cohan
Publisher: Doubleday
Date of Publication: 2007-04-03
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.86
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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, and 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 the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built. William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and presents a compelling portrait of Wall Street through the tumultuous history of this exalted and fascinating company. Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who controlled Lazard, the inscrutable French billionaire Michel David-Weill, and his chosen successor, Bruce Wasserstein. Cohan follows Felix, the consummate adviser, as he reshapes corporate America in the
 

Wall Street's titans clashing in secretive Lazard.

Delving into "The Last Tycoons" is like peeling back the layers of an onion, each one revealing more intricate and tantalizing details about the high-stakes world of finance. William D. Cohan's experience as a banker lends authenticity to this meticulously researched narrative, offering a voyeuristic glimpse into the cutthroat rivalries and opulent lives of Wall Street's elite. It's a must-read if you're fascinated by the combustible mix of money, power, and ambition.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.