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Barbarians At The Gate
by Bryan Burrough
One of the best books I have ever read.
Barbarians at the Gate is a narration of the 6-week episode of the Leveraged Buy Out of the Fortune 500 company RJR Nabisco in 1989. Finance and corporate affairs are generally esoteric, but this book reads like a thriller. The rules were simple: never pay in cash, never tell the truth, and never play by the rules.
I judge a book by it's educational value, the drama in Barbarians at the Gate is seasoned with a valiant explanation of various concepts in finance such as toehold investments, defensive capitalisation, fiduciary duties of directors, poison pills and LBOs. The books strips the dread out of the esoteric topic of finance.
Overrall, the book exposes the fallibility of humans, the excesses of Wall Street, and the lack of caution when using other people's money. One of the greatest business books ever written
Barbarians at the Gate is a narration of the 6-week episode of the Leveraged Buy Out of the Fortune 500 company RJR Nabisco in 1989. Finance and corporate affairs are generally esoteric, but this book reads like a thriller. The rules were simple: never pay in cash, never tell the truth, and never play by the rules.
I judge a book by it's educational value, the drama in Barbarians at the Gate is seasoned with a valiant explanation of various concepts in finance such as toehold investments, defensive capitalisation, fiduciary duties of directors, poison pills and LBOs. The books strips the dread out of the esoteric topic of finance.
Overrall, the book exposes the fallibility of humans, the excesses of Wall Street, and the lack of caution when using other people's money. One of the greatest business books ever written