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The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street (平装)
by Jonathan A. Knee
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Investment banking, Wall Street, Financial market, Popular economics |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
An excellent mix of Wall Street "war stories" and an analysis of the evolution of investment banking. |
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
If "investment banking" gives you visions of stodgy New York geezers harumphing and gufawwing in a black-suited gaggle, Knee's look at high finance in the '90s will change that. A thumping ride across deep waters, Knee evokes the precarious, risky thrills courted by businesspeople great and small. Smart, clever and unfailingly articulate, Knee made, in the nineties, a seemingly sensible career choice: to become a startlingly well-paid investment banker among prestigious big boys (names are named) at Goldman Sachs, and later Morgan Stanley. Clear-eyed enough never to give his whole life over to banking-as did many of his colleagues-Knee maintains a reporter's sense of detachment, observing how the decade in question turned into an economic house of mirrors as money-guzzling dotcoms bloomed and withered, playing havoc with long-established rules and mores, nurturing an era of incompetence and brawling, veiled in the traditional pseudo-gentility of a privileged profession: "The goal was to do deals, generate revenue, and be noticed. ... whatever the cost, particularly when someone else bore that cost." Are bankers the "greediest people in the world?" Is an MBA one of the "poorest educational choices?" As the book progresses, these questions take on the quality of a whodunnit mystery, in which not only is everyone a suspect-almost everyone is guilty. Funny and knowing, this business memoir debut should appeal to a wide swath of business veterans.
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Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
Knee, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs for four years beginning in 1994 and at Morgan Stanley from 1998 to 2003, describes the operations of these firms and explains the role of investment bankers and how "deals" are done. He weaves a fascinating tale of his employers and a multibillion-dollar industry, which was transformed culturally and structurally by extraordinary growth and then devastating retrenchment at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Knee mourns what he contends is the loss of historic integrity in the transition from boom to bust and describes many industry changes, including competition from hedge funds and LBOs (leveraged buyout firms). This book will attract those in the -investment-banking community as well as students of Wall Street. However, the author's lavish praise of certain individuals at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley set against his stinging criticism of others reflect his judgment and perhaps that of his anonymous sources. His view of reality may not be shared by all. Mary Whaley
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Michael Lewis, Bloomberg.com, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
The best account I've read of how the Internet boom and bust was experienced inside the investment banking department of a big Wall Street firm. |
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
A rare, ringside seat inside the madcap and often egomaniacal world of Wall Street's Masters of the Universe.... A memoir-cum-tell-all that skewers some of the industry's most expansive egos.... Offers important insights into problems with Wall Street's often ruthless and conflicted culture.... For would-be bankers, the book is an excellent primer on what it's really like; for current bankers it will be a guilty pleasure. |
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Steve Pearlstein, The Washington Post, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
Not since Michael Lewis's 'Liar's Poker' has there been as good, as accessible or as pithy a look at the world of investment banking.... Unlike Lewis, who was a flash in the Wall Street pan, Knee has spent more than a decade working his way up the ladder, and he has a pleasant and self-effacing way of weaving his own experiences at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley with the history of those firms. Knee has great fun cutting some of Wall Street's biggest egos down to size while exposing how little there really is to all that high-priced financial wizardry. He's written a wonderful primer for anyone who has wondered how Wall Street really works, and a wonderful reminder for those who already know how far professional standards have fallen. |
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MarketWatch.com, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
Articulate and funny.... One of the street's top media bankers, Knee has written what is at once an homage to old school investment banking and an insider's reflection on how the boom era reshaped his industry.... A very good picture of work life on Wall Street through the turn of the century. |
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Roger Lowenstein, New York Times, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
A penetrating look at his craft.... His tale is studded with arresting details, like his description of the process for setting bankers' pay, and with often-trenchant insights. |
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James B. Stewart, author of Den of Thieves and DisneyWar, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
Finally we have someone willing to lift the curtain. . . . With refreshing candor and engaging prose, [this book] takes us inside the world of investment banking. |
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Fortune (MSL quote), USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
For anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A. Knee’s The Accidental Investment Banker is a must. This tell-all chronicles Knee’s time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, revealing a world that rivals 24 in intrigue and drama. |
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Bethany McLean, author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, USA
<2008-04-08 00:00>
In his new book, Jonathan Knee takes a sharp look at the fundamental changes that have taken place in the investment banking business. It's an important story, and thanks to the skillful way Knee mixes in the tale of his own experience as a banker, it reads like a novel. The book is hard to put down. |
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