June 25, 2006 - Warren Buffett,
75-year-old Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive
officer, the world's second- richest person, announced will give
away 85 percent of his $44 billion fortune ($30.7 billion);
biggest individual pledge to charity ever. Most of the money
will go to the Bill and Melinda gates foundation started by Bill
Gates; starting in July 2006 - annual gifts of company shares
pledged to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (world's largest
philanthropic organization), three organizations headed by his
children and the family foundation renamed in honor of his late
wife. Buffett placed three conditions on the gift to the Gates
Foundation: Bill or Melinda Gates must be alive and active in
the administration of the foundation; the organization must
qualify as a charity; and the value of the gift must be spent in
total, as well as at least 5 percent of the foundation's net
assets. Gates foundation has made grant commitments since its
inception of $10.5 billion; gave away $1.36 billion in 2005;
major gifts and pledges included $1.5 billion to the Global
Alliance for Vaccines, $1 billion to the United Negro College
Fund and $258 million to the Malaria Vaccine Initiative.
(Baruch), Bernard M. Baruch (1957-60).
Baruch. (New York, NY: Holt, 2 vols.). Baruch, Bernard M.
(Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965.
Bernard Baruch
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(Baruch), Jordan A. Schwarz (1981).
The Speculator: Bernard M. Baruch in Washington, 1917-1965.
(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 679 p.).
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965;
Statesmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; United States--Politics
and government--20th century.
(Baruch), James Grant (1997).
Bernard M. Baruch : The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend.
(New York, NY: Wiley, 365 p. [Orig. pub. 1983]). Baruch, Bernard
M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965; Statesmen--United
States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; United States--Politics and government--20th
century.
(Baruch), Margaret L. Coit (2000).
Mr. Baruch. (Washington, DC: BeardBooks, 698 p. [orig.
pub. 1957)). Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965;
Statesmen--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; United States--Politics
and government--20th century.
(Belmont), Irving Katz (1968).
August Belmont; A Political Biography. (New York, NY:
Columbia University Press, 296 p.). Belmont, August, 1813-1890.
August Belmont (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ technology/nyunderground/images/
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(Belmont), David Black (1981).
The King of Fifth Avenue: The Fortunes of August Belmont.
(New York, NY: Dial Press, 804 p.). Belmont, August, 1813-1890;
Diplomats--United States--Biography; Bankers--New York
(State)--New York--Biography; United States--Foreign
relations--1861-1865.
(Buffett), John Train (1987).
The Midas Touch: The Strategies That Have Made Warren Buffett
America's Pre-Eminent Investor. (New York, NY: Harper &
Row, 207 p.). Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Investments--United
States.
Warren
Buffett (http://images.forbes.com/
media/moreon/b/buffett_warren.jpg)
(Buffett), Andrew Kilpatrick (1992).
Warren Buffett: The Good Guy of Wall Street. (New York,
NY: Donald I. Fine, 304 p.). Buffett, Warren; Stockbrokers --
United States -- Biography.
(Buffett), Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr. (1994).
The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World's
Greatest Investor. (New York, NY: Wiley, 274 p.).
Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Investments--United States.
(Buffett), Roger Lowenstein (1995).
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist. (New
York, NY: Random House, 473 p.). Reporter, Wall Street Journal.
Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Stockbrokers--United States--Biography.
(Buffett), Siimon Reynolds (1998).
Thoughts of Chairman Buffett: Thirty Years of Unconventional
Wisdom from the Sage of Omaha. (New York, NY:
HarperBusiness, 147 p.). Buffett, Warren--Quotations;
Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
(Buffett), Jay Steele (1999).
Warren Buffett: Master of the Market. (New York, NY:
Avon Books, 211 p.). Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Stockbrokers--United
States--Biography.
(Buffett), Andrew Kilpatrick (2001).
Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett. (New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1178 p. [2nd ed.]). Buffett, Warren;
Stockbrokers--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography.
(Buffett), Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr. (2004).
The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World's
Greatest Investor. (New York, NY: Wiley, 274 p. [2nd
ed.]). Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Investments--United States.
(Buffett), Jeff Mattews (2008).
Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha: A Hedge Fund Manager's
Dispatches from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting.
(New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 312 p.). General Partner of Ram
Partners, LP. Buffett, Warren; Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.
First-hand account of Berkshire Hathaway's
meeting: 1) Does
Buffett's famed penny-pinching cripple his companies; 2) Why
does Buffet--a bridge partner and best friend of Bill Gates--not
own any technology stocks?; 3) How does the extremely rational
Buffett square his well-known social progressiveness with his
lily-white audience of investors?; 4) Is Buffet really an
"Oracle"?; 5) What information, insights, and ideas do the
meeting's attendees pick up-and how do they put this information
to use in their own investments?; 6) Will Berkshire-Hathaway
survive his death?; how the world's greatest investor evaluates
not only businesses but the people who run them, importance of
just reading and thinking, value of having a smart, cynical
partner.
(Buffett), Alice Schroeder (2008).
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life.
(New York, NY: Bantam Dell, 976 p.). Former Morgan Stanley
Insurance Analyst. Buffett, Warren; Capitalists and financiers
--United States --Biography; Investments --United States.
Portrait of Buffett's life, values, strategies, total
experiences; array of paradoxes; perfectionist, highly focused,
emotionally needy husband, absentee father; treated investors as
partners, acted as their steward, championed honesty as an
investor, CEO, board member, essayist, speaker; became world’s
richest man; his larger philosophy, his principles, ideas that
have enriched people’s lives.
(Davis), John Rothchild (2001).
The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall
Street. (New York, NY: Wiley, 304 p.). Davis, Shelby
Cullom, 1907- ; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Wall Street--History; Investments--United
States--History.
(Dillon), Robert C. Perez and Edward F.
Willett (1995).
Clarence Dillon: A Wall Street Enigma. (Lanham, MD:
Madison Books, 171 p.). Dillon, Clarence, 1882-1979; Capitalists
and financiers--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
(Drew), Clifford Browder (1986).
The Money Game in Old New York: Daniel Drew and His Times.
(Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 319 p.). Drew, Daniel,
1797-1879; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography;
Wall Street--History.
Daniel Drew
(http://www.wordiq.com/knowledge/images/a/a8/DanielDrew.jpeg)
(Drexel), Dan Rottenberg (2001).
The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise
of Modern Finance. (Philadelphia, PA: University of
Pennsylvania Press. Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph),
1826-1893; Bankers--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Bankers--Biography.
(Dreyfus), Jack Dreyfus (1996).
The Lion of Wall Street: The Two Lives of Jack Dreyfus.
(Washington, DC: Regnery Pub., 328 p.). Dreyfus, Jack, 1913- ;
Dreyfus, Jack, 1913- --Health; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Depression,
Mental--Patients--United States--Biography; Phenytoin.
(Eberstadt), Robert C. Perez and Edward F.
Willett (1989).
The Will to Win: A Biography of Ferdinand Eberstadt.
(New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 164 p.). Eberstadt, Ferdinand;
Bankers--United States--Biography.
(Fugger Company), Leon Louis Schick (1957).
Un Grand Homme d’Affaires au Debut du XVIe Siecle: Jacob
Fugger. (Paris, FR: S. E. V. P. E. N., 323
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Jakob Fugger the Rich
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_080.jpg/220px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_080.jpg)
(Fugger Company), Jacob Strieder; translated by Mildred L.
Hartsough (1984).
Jacob Fugger the Rich: Merchant and Banker of Augsburg,
1459-1525. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 227 p. [orig.
pub. 1931]). Fugger, Jakob, 1459-1525;
Merchants--Germany--Biography; Bankers--Germany--Biography;
Germany--Commerce--History--15th century;
Germany--Commerce--History--16th century.
(Fugger Company), Richard Ehrenberg; translated from
the German by H.M. Lucas (1985).
Capital & Finance in the Age of the Renaissance: A Study
of the Fuggers and Their Connections.
(Fairfield, NJ: A.M. Kelley, 390 p. [orig. publ.
1928]). Fugger family; Finance --Europe --History; Banks
and banking --Europe --History; Renaissance; Europe
--Economic conditions.
(Fugger Company), Johannes
Burkhardt and Diana Egermann-Krebs (2009).
Die Fugger und das Reich: Eine neue
Forschungsperspektive zum 500jahrigen Jubilaum der ersten
Fuggerherrschaft Kirchberg-Weissenhorn. (Augsburg,
Germany: Wissner, 344 p.). Fugger family --History; Kirchberg
an der Iller (Germany) --History; Weissenhorn (Germany)
--History; Germany --Commerce --History.
(Fugger Company), Franz Herre; [new
translation by Martin Friedrichs and Andrea Castellano] (2009).
The Life and Tmes of the Fuggers. (Augsburg, Germany: Wissner, 127 p.). Banks and banking -- Europe -- History -- To
1500; Commerce -- History; Fugger family; Europe -- Economic
conditions -- History -- to 1500.
(Fugger Company), Regina Dauser, Magnus Ulrich
Ferber (2010). Die Fugger und Welser:
vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. (Augsburg,. Germany:
Verlagsgemeinschaft Augsbuch, 174 p.). Capitalists and
financiers -- Germany -- Augsburg -- History; Nobility --
Germany -- Augsburg -- History; Fugger family; Welser family.
(Goldsmith), Geoffrey Wansell (1987).
Tycoon: The Life of James Goldsmith. (New York, NY:
Atheneum, 396 p.). Goldsmith, James, Sir, 1933- ;
Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography.
Sir James Goldsmith (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1110000/images/_1114839_
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(Goldsmith), Ivan Fallon (1991).
Billionaire: The Life and Times of Sir James Goldsmith.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 500 p.). Goldsmith, James, Sir,
1933-; Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography;
Millionaires--Great Britain--Biography.
(Goldsmith), Chris Hutchins and Dominic
Midgley (1998).
Goldsmith: Money, Women & Power. (Edinburgh, Scotland:
Mainstream Pub., 224 p.). Goldsmith, James, Sir, 1933- ;
Capitalists and financiers--Great Britain--Biography.
(Gordon), Joseph Schull (1979).
The Great Scot: A Biography of Donald Gordon. (Montreal,
QUE: McGill-Queens University Press, 291 p.). Gordon, Donald,
1901-1969; Capitalists and financiers--Canada--Biography.
(Gould), Maury Klein (1986).
The Life and Legend of Jay Gould. (Baltimore, MD: The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 595 p.). Gould, Jay, 1836-1892;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Railroads--United
States--History.
(Graham), Benjamin Graham, edited with
introduction by Seymour Chatman (1996).
Benjamin Graham, The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street.
(New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 351 p.). Professor of Finance
(Columbia University). Graham, Benjamin, 1894-; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Investment analysis;
Securities--United States.
Benjamin Graham (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Benjamin_Graham.jpg)
(Green), Boyden Sparkes (1930). Hetty
Green, A Woman Who Loved Money. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday,
Doran, 338 p.). Green, Hetty Howland (Robinson), Mrs.,
1834-1916.
Hetty Green (http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2004/12/18/books/slack184.jpg)
(Green), Boyden Sparkes (1936).
The Witch of Wall Street, Hetty Green. (Garden City, NY:
Garden City Publishing Co., 338 p.). Green, Hetty Howland
(Robinson), Mrs., 1834-1916.
(Green), Charles Slack (2004).
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon.
(New York, NY: ECCO, 272 p.). Journalist, Historian. Green,
Hetty Howland Robinson, 1835-1916; Women capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Millionaires--United
States--Biography.
(Icahn), Mark Stevens (1993).
King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist. (New
York, NY: Dutton, 326 p.). Icahn, Carl C., 1936-; Capitalists
and financiers--United States--Biography; Consolidation and
merger of corporations--United States--History.
(Jenrette), Richard H. Jenrette (1997).
The Contrarian Manager. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 174
p.). Ex-co-founder of DLJ; retired Chairman, Equitable
Companies. Management; Success in business.
(Kahn), Otto H. Kahn ... with an introduction
by the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas (1921). Reflections of a
Financier: A Study of Economic and Other Problems. (London,
UK: Hodder and Stoughton limited, 438 p.). Finance--United
States; Railroads--United States; World War, 1914-1918; Art;
United States--Economic conditions; Europe--Economic conditions.
Impressions of Europe.--Concerning business and
economics.--Concerning war and foreign relations.--Reflections
on art.--The last figure of an epoch: Edward Henry
Harriman.--Anglo-American relations.
Otto
Kahn (http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/kahn.jpg)
(Kahn), Mary Jane Phillips-Matz (1963).
The Many Lives of Otto Kahn.
(New York, NY: Macmillan, 299 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann,
1867-1934.
(Kahn), John Kobler (1988).
Otto, The Magnificent: The Life of Otto Kahn. (New York,
NY: Scribner, 244 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934; Kahn, Otto
Hermann, 1867-1934 --Art patronage; Philanthropists--United
States--Biography; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography.
(Kahn), Theresa M. Collins (2002).
Otto Kahn: Art, Money & Modern Time. (Chapel Hill, NC:
University of North Carolina Press, 383 p.). Kahn, Otto Hermann,
1867-1934; Bankers--United States--Biography;
Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Art patronage--United
States--History; Art and industry--United States--History.
(Law), Antoin E. Murphy (1997).
John Law: Economic Theorist and Policy-Maker. (New York,
NY: Oxford University Press, 391 p.). Law, John, 1671-1729;
Capitalists and financiers--Biography; Finance--France--History.
(Leith-Ross), Sir Frederick Leith-Ross (1968).
Money Talks: Fifty Years of International Finance The
Autobiography of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross. (London, UK:
Hutchinson, 364 p.). Leith-Ross, Frederick, Sir, b. 1887;
International finance; Economic history--20th century;
Capitalists and financiers--Biography.
(Jean-Louis Levesque), Jules Belanger (1998).
Jean-Louis Levesque: A Biography. (Westmount, QU: R.
Davies Multimedia, 312 p.). Levesque, Jean-Louis; Capitalists
and financiers--Canada--Biography. Levesque, Beaubien.
(Livermore), Paul Sarnoff (1967).
Jesse Livermore: Speculator-King. (Palisades Park, NY:
Investor's Press, 136 p.). Livermore, Jesse Lauriston,
1877-1940.
(Loeb), Ralph G. Martin (1965).
The Wizard of Wall Street; The Story of Gerald M. Loeb.
(New York, NY: Morrow, 192 p.). Loeb, Gerald M.; Investments.
(Meyer), Cary Reich (1983).
Financier, The Biography of André Meyer : A Story of Money,
Power, and the Reshaping of American Business. (New
York, NY: Morrow, 396 p.). Meyer, André, 1898-1979; Capitalists
and financiers--United States--Biography; Investment
banking--United States--History.
(Munger), Charles T. Munger; foreword by
Warren E. Buffett (2006).
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger.
(Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., 512 p. [2nd ed.]).
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation. Munger, Charles
T., 1924- ; Berkshire Hathaway Inc.--History;
Investments--Decision making; Investments--Humor.
Opinions, thought process, belief system.
(Neuberger), Roy R. Neuberger with Alfred &
Roma Connable (1997).
So Far so Good The First 94 Years. (New York, NY: Wiley,
221 p.). Neuberger, Roy R.; Capitalists and
financiers--Biography. Investments.
(Peabody), Edwin P. Hoyt (1968).
The Peabody Influence; How a Great New England Family Helped To
Build America. (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 302 p.).
Peabody family; New England--Biography.
George Peabody (http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/images/75.gif)
(Peabody), Muriel E. Hidy (1979). George
Peabody, Merchant and Financier: 1829-1854. (New York, NY:
Arno Press, 398 p.). Peabody, George, 1795-1869;
Merchants--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography.
(Peabody), Franklin Parker with a foreword by
Merle Curti (1995).
George Peabody, A Biography. (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt
University Press, 278 p.). Peabody, George 1795-1869;
Philanthropists--United States--Biography; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography.
(Sage), Paul Sarnoff (1965).
Russell Sage: The Money King. (New York, NY: I.
Obolensky, 398 p.). Sage, Russell, 1816-1906.
Russell Sage (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Russell_Sage.gif/173px-Russell_Sage.gif)
(Schiff), Cyrus Adler (2003).
Jacob H. Schiff; His Life and Letters, Part 1.
(Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 424 p. [orig. pub. 1928]).
Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920.
Jacob Henry Schiff (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/JacobSchiff.jpg/220px-JacobSchiff.jpg)
(Schiff), Cyrus Adler (2003).
Jacob H. Schiff; His Life and Letters,
Part 2. (Whitefish, MT: Kessinger
Publishing, 412 p.[orig. pub. 1928). Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob
Henry), 1847-1920.
(Schiff), Naomi W. Cohen (1999).
Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership.
(Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 320 p.). Schiff,
Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920; Jews--United
States--Biography; Jewish capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography; Philanthropists--United States--Biography;
Jews--United States--Politics and government; United
States--Biography.
(Soros), George Soros witrh Byron Wien and
Krisztina Koenen (1995).
Soros on Soros : Staying Ahead of the Curve. (New York,
NY: Wiley, 326 p.). Soros, George--Interviews; Soros,
George--Political and social views; Capitalists and
financiers--Interviews; Investments.
George Soros (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1375000/images/_1375736_sorosap150.jpg)
(Soros), Robert Slater (1996).
Soros: The Life, Times & Trading Secrets of the World's Greatest
Investor. (Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin Professional Pub., 269
p.). Soros, George; Capitalists and financiers--Biography;
Investments.
(Soros), Michael T. Kaufman (2002).
Messianic Billionaire: The Life of George Soros. (New
York, NY: Knopf, 344 p.). Former New York Times Reporter. Soros,
George; Capitalists and financiers--Biography; Investments.
(Sosnoff), Martin Sosnoff (1975).
Humble on Wall Street. (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington
House, 191 p.). Money Manager. Sosnoff, Martin T.; Capitalists
and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Wall Street.
(Carl Frederik Tietgen), Ole Lange (1978).
Finansmænd, Stramænd og Mandariner: C. F. Tietgen, Privatbanken
og Store Nordiske: Etablering 1868-76. (København, Denmark:
Gyldendal, 395 p.). Tietgen, Carl Frederik, 1829-1901; Store
nordiske telegraf-selskab (Copenhagen, Denmark); Privatbanken i
Kjøbenhavn; Capitalists and financiers--Denmark--History--19th
century; Denmark--Foreign economic relations;
Denmark---Commerce--History--19th century.
C. F. (Carl F.) Tietgen - Danisco
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Tietgen.jpg/464px-Tietgen.jpg)
(Carl Frederik Tietgen), Ole Lange (2006).
C.F.Tietgen - en Finansmand, hans Imperium og hans tid 1829-1901
(C. F. Tietgen - A Financier, His Empire and His Time 1829-1901).
(København, Denmark: Gyldendal. Department of Management,
Politics and Philosophy (Copenhagen Business School). Tietgen,
Carl Frederik, 1829-1901; Store nordiske telegraf-selskab
(Copenhagen, Denmark); Privatbanken i Kjøbenhavn; Capitalists
and financiers--Denmark--History--19th century; Denmark--Foreign
economic relations; Denmark--Commerce--History--19th century.
Most distinctive personality in Danish
business history.
James D. Wolfensohn (2008).
A Global Life: My Journey among Rich and Poor, from Wall Street
to the World Bank. (New York, NY: PublicAffairs, 480
p.). Former President of the World Bank. Wolfensohn, James D.;
World Bank--Presidents--Biography; Investment bankers--United
States--Biography. Prominent banker in
London, New York, Salomon Brothers, Chairman of Carnegie Hall,
Kennedy Center for many years, President of the World Bank from
1995 to 2005; assesses successes, failures, causes of continuing
poverty.
(Yerkes), John Franch (2006).
Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. (Urbana,
IL: University of Illinois Press,, 384 p.). Yerkes, Charles
Tyson, 1837-1905; Capitalists and financiers--United
States--Biography;
Street-railroads--Illinois--Chicago--Finance. Magnate
behind the Chicago Loop Elevated, investor in the London
Underground, namesake of the University of Chicago's
observatory, vilified as Frank Cowperwood in Theodore Dreiser's
trilogy, The Financier, The Titan, and The Stoic.
Charles Tyson Yerkes (http://astro.uchicago.edu/vtour/history/yerkes.gif)
Frederick Lewis Allen (1935).
Lords of Creation. (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 483
p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Finance--United
States--History; Wall Street; Corporations--United States.
Clarence W. Barron ... edited and arr. by
Arthur Pound and Samuel Taylor Moore (1930).
They Told Barron; Conversations and Revelations of an American
Pepys in Wall Street. (New York, NY: Harper Brothers,
372 p.). Capitalists and financiers; Wall street.
--- (1931). More They Told Barron;
Conversations and Revelations of an American Pepys in Wall
Street, The Notes of the Late Clarence W. Barron. (New York,
NY: Harper, 334 p.). Capitalists and financiers; Wall Street.
Gregory S. Bell (2002).
In the Black: A History of African Americans on Wall Street.
(New York, NY: Wiley, 294 p.). African American capitalists and
financiers--Biography; Securities industry--United
States--History.
H. W. Brands (2006).
The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years’ War
over the American Dollar. (New York, NY: Norton, 239
p.). Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History
(University of Texas). Capitalists and financiers--United
States--History; Finance--United States--History.
Five key players (1776 until eve of WW I)
critical to formation of America's monetary system: 1) Alexander
Hamilton, 2) Nicholas Biddle, 3) Jay Cooke, 4) Jay Gould,
5) J.P. Morgan.
John Brooks (1980).
The Games Players: Tales of Men and Money. (New York,
NY: Times Books, 376 p.). Capitalists and financiers; Finance.
Youssef Cassis; translator Jacqueline Collier
(2006).
Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial
Centres, 1780-2005. (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 385 p.). Professor of Economic and Social History
(University of Geneva). Financial
institutions, International. Comparative history of most
important centers of capital (New York, London, Frankfurt,
Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore) -
in their economic, political, social, cultural context.
David Colbert (2001).
Eyewitness to Wall Street: 400 Years of Dreamers, Schemers,
Busts, and Booms. (New York: Broadway Books, 391 p.).
Capitalists and financiers--United States--History;
Securities--United States--History; Finance--United
States--History; Wall Street (New York, NY).
David J. Cowen and Robert E. Wright (2006).
Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich.
(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 216 p.). Hedge Fund
Manager; Clinical Associate Professor of Economics at the Stern
School of Business (New York University). Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography. Different group of
founding fathers forged wealth, institutions necessary to
transform American colonies from diffuse alliance of
contending business interests into one cohesive economic
superpower.
Edward Jerome Dies (1935). Street of
Adventure. (Boston, MA: The Stratford Company, 216 p.).
Capitalists and financiers--United States.
--- (1952). Behind the Wall Street Curtain.
(Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 153 p.). Capitalists and
financiers--United States; Finance--United States--History.
Paul Ferris (1984).
Gentlemen of Fortune: The World's Merchant and Investment
Bankers. (London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 260 p.).
Investment bankers--Biography.
Kenneth L. Fisher (2007).
100 Minds That Made the Market. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 424
p.). Founder, Chairman, CEO of Fisher Investments, fourth
longest-running columnist in Forbes' ninety-year history.
Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
Pioneers of American financial history -
drama, dirt, financial principles of inventive group of
financial minds.
John T. Flynn (1941).
Men of Wealth; The Story of Twelve Significant Fortunes from the
Renaissance to the Present Day. (New York, NY: Simon and
Schuster, 531 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Biography.
Matthew Josephson (1972).
The Money Lords; The Great Finance Capitalists, 1925-1950.
(New York, NY: Weybright & Talley, 374 p.). Capitalists and
Financiers-United States.
Henry Kaufman (2000).
On Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir. (New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill, 388 p.). Kaufman, Henry; Capitalists and
financiers--United States--Biography; Finance--United
States--History--20th century.
Edward Chase Kirkland (1990).
Dream and Thought in the Business Community, 1860-1900.
(Chicago, DC: I.R. Dee, 175 p. [orig. pub. 1956]). Capitalists
and financiers--United States--History--19th century;
Industries--United States--History--19th century;
Railroads--United States--History--19th century.
Amielle Lake, Andrew Kakabadse, Nada K.
Kakabadse (2008).
The Elephant Hunters: Chronicles of the Moneymen. (New
York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 256 p.). Senior Finance Executive
diverse industries; Professor of International Management
Development (Cranfield School of Management, UK); Professor in
Management and Business research (University of Northampton
Business School). Finance; Businesspeople; Capitalists and
financiers. 'Elephant' - big deal; 'Hunter' - moneyman; personal
qualities, behavior necessary to join big name bank; what it
takes to acquire kind of wealth that some can only dream of;
special attention to one of most powerful hunters of all, the
woman ('powerbitch').
Ferdinand Lundberg (1960). America's 60
Families. (New York, NY: Citadel Press, 578 p. [orig. pub.
1938]). Capitalists and financiers--United States;
Finance--United States.
Gerald McKnight (1972).
The Fortunemakers. (London, UK: Joseph, 224 p.).
Capitalists and financiers--England--London.
John Moody (1919).
The Masters of Capital; A Chronicle of Wall Street. (New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 234 p.). Capitalists and
financiers--United States; Wall Street; Finance--United States.
Joseph Nocera (2008).
Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and
Scoundrels of American Business (and everything in between).
(New York, NY: Portfolio, 304 p.). Business Columnist (The New
York Times). Businessmen--United States; Capitalists and
financiers--United States; Executives--United States;
Finance--United States; Journalism, Commercial--United States.
Good guys, bad guys in business - not as
they seem; surprisingly good qualities in classic villains (junk
bond king Michael Milken, stock analyst Henry Blodget); some
widely admired business celebrities (Steve Jobs) not quite good
guys they appear to be; perspective on some of today’s biggest
controversies (global warming, Apple’s iPhone, CEO compensation,
tobacco industry, short sellers, more).
John Lloyd Parker (1932).
Unmasking Wall Street. (Boston, MA: The Stratford Co.,
223 p.). New York Stock Exchange; Wall Street; Capitalists and
financiers -- United States.
Leveraged Sell-Out (2008).
Damn, It Feels Good To Be a Banker: and Other Baller Things You
Only Get To Say If You Work on Wall Street. (New York,
NY: Hyperion, 205 p.). 24-year old financier. Securities
industry -- United States -- Humor; Capitalists and financiers
-- Humor; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Humor. Essence of
being in high finance; intricacies of Wall Street culture; vivid
illustrations of bankers in natural state; numerous, insightful comments from readers of popular website
LeveragedSellOut.com.
Dana Lee Thomas (1972).
The Money Crowd. (New York, NY: Putnam, 365 p.).
Capitalists and financiers; International finance; Success.
John Train (2000).
Money Masters of Our Time. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness,
388 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography;
Investments--United States.
Michel
Villette and Catherine Vuillermot; translated from the
French by George Holoch; foreword by John R. Kimberly
(2009).
From Predators to Icons: Exposing the Myth of the Business
Hero.
(Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 249 p.). Professor of
Sociology (AgroParisTech and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales); Assistant Professor of Business History
(L'Université de Franche Comté).Capitalists and financiers;
Businessmen; Success in business; Capitalists and financiers
--Biography; Businessmen --Biography; Success in business
--Case studies. Insights about creation, maintenance of
business wealth (careers of 32 wealthiest global
executives): risk minimizers, improvised adaptations
gradually assembled into coherent course of conduct; challenge
to conventional explanations for their
extreme success, better understand modern business
practices.
Richard Whittingham (2003).
Boy Wonder of Wall Street: The Life & Times of Financier Eddie
Gilbert. (New York, NY: Texere, 422 p.). Gilbert, Eddie;
Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
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