The memoirs of George Moore, a feisty Missourian who built the biggest bank in the world. Photographs.
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Moore is a retired Citibank chairman from Hannibal, Mo., who went to Yale on scholarship, left with $10,000 cash from extracurricular enterprises and entered New York banking in the 1920s, when bank officers could borrow freely to finance daily stock profits. He chronicles his rise to the top and offers plenty of inside scoops on New Deal banking reforms after the '29 crash, the adroit use of bank holding companies and inflation-financed war economy. Moore also lends ideas for an industrial comeback, dealing with foreign asset problems in Russia and China, developing Citicorp's international branch network and new kinds of worldwide banking. This personal history makes clear how capital in the form of credit spins the wheels of industry, commerce and the world economy. In discussing his retirement activities, Moore, now 81, writes that he remains active on the Metropolitan Opera board, as trustee of the Onassis interests in America and in promoting a port authority in Spain.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Bankers Life,
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This review is from: The Banker's Life (Hardcover)
This is a book that should be read by all young bankers. The is a great example of how banking plays a real role in the modern world. Moore highlight the depression and that the best is yet to come. As a banker, I found that this book can be used as a tool in the day to day of any banker, wanting to be one step ahead of the rest.
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Connecting the Dots: A Life in Wall Street,
This review is from: The Banker's Life (Hardcover)
Some books are to be tasted, othersare to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested. -- Francis Bacon I strongly recommend Mr George's Moore book to young and experienced bankers. "The Bankers Life" successfully reveals the common denominators of a great leaders and their carreer in banking: disciplined people, disciplined thought and disciplined action. A great benchmaark for anyone working at Wall Street.
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a wild ride at citibank,
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This review is from: The Banker's Life (Hardcover)
george moore had a fascinating career at the firm now known as citibank. starting before the depression, the chronicle of his career is a snapshot of banking over the past century.from the lessons of the depression, to rediscovering lending to companies, from creating a consumer lending business to the idea of foreign branches spanning the principal trade routes, moore was there. he hired and retained talented individuals who helped him raise the citibank banner from an also ran in the world of banking to the premier global franchise it was at his retirement. as his successor, moore named walt wriston to lead the bank forward. he excelled in a ceo's principal job, to pick the right person for the company to not just succeed but to thrive.
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