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The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street as Told by the Bankers, Brokers, CEOs, and Scoundrels Who Made It Happen
Little, Brown
September 2005
512 pages
ISBN: 0316929662
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Fifty years ago, Wall Street was a hodgepodge of companies-
hundreds of them-operating in an environment where high-
tech meant an electric typewriter and the Wasps and Jews
never mixed. Today, Wall Street is controlled by a few
massive firms and, it often seems, few ethical constraints. The tale of Wall Street's rise and transformation is one of
the most exciting and important of our time. But amazingly,
never before have the players who saw everything-large and
small, from tycoons in limousines to the barber in the
basement of the stock exchange-directly told their stories.
Here, at long last, are the Masters of the Universe and the
con men; the backroom geniuses and the power-tie
billionaires-all in first person, uncensored, brash, bold,
and often not so fond of one another. The result is the
most vibrant business history published in years, perfect
for anyone who wishes they had been a fly on the boardroom
wall. Weiner interviewed everyone who's anyone for this oral
history, including David Rockefeller, Arthur Levitt,
Charles Schwab, Don Regan, Peter Lynch, Pete Peterson,
Henry Kravis, George Roberts, Jerome Kohlberg, Steve
Schwarzman, Dick Jenrette, Dan Lufkin, John Kenneth
Galbraith, Stan O+Neal, Harvey Pitt, T. Boone Pickens, John
Whitehead, John Weinberg, Robert Baldwin, Dave Komansky,
Jerry Tsai, John Gutfreund-to name a few.
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