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Title: Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. . .and Then Nearly Lost It All by Monica Langley ISBN: 0-7432-1613-X Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Business Biography I have read!
Comment: I like business biographies and specifically those concerning investment banking. Sandy Weill's career is so diverse with so many companies turned around that this book is the best I have read in detailing a man's lifetime case study. For those who may not be familiar with Sandy Weill, he started on Wall Street with a small firm as Wall Street was struggling with sheer back-office paperwork and quickly grew that into a force challenging Merrill Lynch. After a merger with American Express, Weill was eventually forced out. He returned to corporate management buying a Baltimore finance company in trouble, Commercial Credit. After merging with Travelers Insurance, Weill eventually merges with Citicorp creating the largest financial institution in the world.
What makes this book interesting are the character flaws of Sandy Weill. While he has strengths in cost cutting efficiency, he has many management flaws. Temper management, delegation of authority, public speaking are but a few of the flaws detailed in this book. Of particular interest is his relationship with Jamie Dimon, his long-time younger protégé, who is eventually let go and now runs Bank One.
There is one complaint I have with this book. At the takeover of Commercial Credit, there are significant discussions of the changes in management philosophy that are quite interesting. But after significant work and allusion of improvement, no report of financial performance was provided to demonstrate mathematically how positive the improvement was. Obviously, it was significant given the mergers that took place after the turnaround of Commercial Credit.
I must compliment the author on a thorough research job. It was clear from the dialog that this book would have been impossible without interviews with many different people including Sandy Weill. I did not find this book tipped to Weill's favor as a "fluff" piece but rather I thought the author balanced the good with the bad.
In summary, if you like business summaries dealing with finance you will like this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book!
Comment: Wonderful book looking at Sandy Weill. I highly recommend it as it is an interesting story. Plus, friends I have in the loop say that the book is pretty accurate.
Probably the best bio I have ever read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Phenomenal
Comment: Having only the most basic knowledge of the financial community, and knowing nothing about Wall Street, Langley's book is an absolute treasure trove of facts, insights and commentary of how Wall Street operated forty years ago to this very day. Her book well written, concise and totally comprehendible regardless of your financial know-how.
Sandy Weill has achieved the most incredible amount throughout his lifetime. No challenge was incomprehensible. From Corned Beef With Lettuce to Citicorp, the book details how the man today who shapes Wall Street overcame every imaginable obstacle.
High Street brands and personalities we are all familiar with come together in this fabulously orchestrated jigsaw which today has come together to form one of the most recognisable consumer financial firms today - Citibank.
A tremendous read.
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Title: The King of Capital: Sandy Weill and the Making of Citigroup by Amey Stone, Mike Brewster ISBN: 0471214167 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington by Robert E. Rubin, Jacob Weisberg ISBN: 0375505857 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind ISBN: 1591840082 Publisher: Portfolio Pub. Date: 13 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Wall Street Meat: Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Mary Meeker, Henry Blodget and me by Andy Kessler ISBN: 0972783210 Publisher: Escape Velocity Press Pub. Date: 17 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein ISBN: 0375758259 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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