Monkey Business

John Rolfe

ISBN 10: 0446676950 / ISBN 13: 9780446676953

Published by Hachette Book Group USA Apr 2001, 2001

About this Item

Neuware -They Hit 'The Street.' Forget what you've read, forget what you've heard, forget what you've been taught. Monkey Business pulls off Wall Street's suspenders and gives the reader the inside skinny on real life at an investment bank, where the promised land is always one more twenty-hour workday and another lap dance away. 'The Street' Hit Back. Fresh out of Wharton and Harvard business schools, John Rolfe and Peter Troob ran willingly into the open arms of investment bank giant Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. They had signed on as foot soldiers in a white-collar army of overworked and frustrated lemmings furiously trying to spin straw into gold. They escaped with the remnants of their sanity-and, ultimately, this book. Uncensored, unsanitized, and uncut, it captures the chaotic essence of the Wall Street carnival and the outlandish personalities that make it all hum.and it will become the smartest, most entertaining investment you'll make this year. 308 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monkey Business
• Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA Apr 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446676950
• ISBN 13: 9780446676953
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 232W x 154H x 27D millimeters 232 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 354 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A hilarious insider's glimpse behind the scenes of DLJ, one of the hottest investment banks on Wall Street.

Newly graduated business students John Rolfe and Peter Troob thought life at a major investment banking firm would be a dream come true. But they discovered Wall Street employees to be overworked and at their wit's end. Twenty-hour work days, strip clubs, and inflated salaries–this hysterical book reveals it all. 

Monkey Business is a wild ride about two young men who realized they were selling their souls in exchange for the American Dream.

About the Author

John Rolfe graduated from Virginia Tech, The University of Florida, and Wharton Business School. At Wharton, he was the editor of the Wharton Vulgarian. Following his sentence with DLJ, he spent several years working at a private investment fund. In 2001, he co-founded an equity-oriented money management firm, and today manages the firm from a top secret location deep in Vermont. He lives with his wife and two children, and is currently attempting to learn how to produce maple syrup.

Peter Troob graduated from Duke University and Harvard Business School. At Harvard, he was the humor editor for Harbus. After a gross error in judgment caused him to return to the investment banking world at DLJ, he left for the greener pastures of distressed debt investing at a private investment fund. In 2002 he co-founded a debt-oriented money management firm, which he continues to manage today. He lives with his wife and two children outside of New York City, where he can often be seen limping around the neighborhood and complaining about his bad knees.