The Money Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Great Buyout Boom of the 1980s - Softcover

Smith, Roy C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893122697 ISBN 13: 9781893122697

Publisher: Beard Books Inc, 2000

Synopsis

This fascinating chronicle analyzes the frenetic merger and takeover activity of the 1980s, indicating why it happened and what the effect has been on American industry and finance.

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About the Author

Roy C. Smith, a professor of entrepreneurship, finance and international business at New York University, has been on the faculty of Stern School of Business since 1987. Prior to 1987 he was a General Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., specializing in international investment banking and corporate finance. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1960 and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1966. The author of several books on international banking including The Global Bankers, published in 1989, which has been widely acclaimed, Mr. Smith is a frequent guest lecturer at business schools in the U.S. and in Europe. He and his wife Marianna live in Montclair, New Jersey.

Other Beard Books by Roy C. Smith: The Global Bankers

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A fascinating chronicle of the frenetic merger and takeover activity of the 1980s beginning with the early years of the Reagan Administration until late 1989 with the collapse of the junk bond market. These were years in which the industrial base was catapulted on its head as a result of changing world economics, increased competition, regulatory laissez-faire, and the rise of a new breed of aggressive financial entrepreneurs, who launched the greatest wave of merger and takeover activity the county had known since the beginning of the century. Set against a historical background that compares the 80s to other periods of merger booms, The Money Wars gives a vivid account of the most important deals: RJR Nabisco, Beatrice Foods, Time Warner, Macmillan among others, as well as incisive portraits of some of the leading characters: Henry Kravis, Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, and Boone Pickens, to name a few. More importantly, it analyzes why it happened and what the effect has been on American industry and finance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Beard Books Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1893122697
• ISBN 13: 9781893122697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370