Raiders of Wall Street [Hardcover]

Eric W. Allison (Author)

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Raiders are the financial heavyweights who have been making headlines lately with their attempts at takeovers of corporations. Allison covers seven of these raiders, including Saul Steinberg, Carl Icahn, and T. Boone Pickens. Following a short biography, he details the companies each raider has pursued and the tactics used. Finally, Allison attempts to explain why these individual raiders are more prevalent nowadays, what conditions have bred them, what effect they have had on the corporate culture, and what role junk bonds play in financing the raids. Written without jargon, this book will help demythologize what could be a confusing area of the financial world. Recommended. Alex Wenner, Indiana Univ. Lib., Bloomington
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Stein & Day (July 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081283092X
• ISBN-13: 978-0812830927
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,924,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A brief history of Wall Streets greatest Corporate Raiders, June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Raiders of Wall Street (Hardcover)

An interesting history lesson describing the sometimes rags-to-riches, but more often riches-to-riches stories of some of the most well-known corporate raiders. You won't confuse any of these men with the character Richard Gere played in the movie "Pretty Woman", even though it was supposedly based on one of the men in this book. The author dedicates a chapter each to several men who used their wealth to add to the definition of "hostile takeover." The reader gets a good look at how a corporate raider goes about his work, but we never learn too much about the men behind the money.

Although it covers a time period between the late'60s to the early '80s, it's still a relevant work considering one of the subjects, Carl Ichan, is still very much in the business today. His recent attempts to acquire Nabisco is just another in a long history of raiding you can learn about in this book.