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The Banker's Life

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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.

Some books are to be tasted, others
are 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.

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.