The White Sharks of Wall Street: Thomas Mellon Evans and the Original Corporate Raiders (Lisa Drew Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684833999 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here is the engrossing story of the original corporate raider, Thomas Mellon Evans, who, half a century ago, pioneered a business style that forever changed the American commercial landscape and, ultimately, American life. In The White Sharks of Wall Street, New York Times investigative reporter Diana B. He waged war with unparalleled brilliance, accusing corporate America of forgetting who its real owners were. But follow they did, at last." Proxy fights, hostile takeovers, tenders and countertenders, greenmail, golden parachutes, poison pills, and shark repellent--it's all here, the deep roots of present-day corporate merger and acquisitions strategy. Henriques has crafted a well-researched and entertaining account
A solid book on the history of corporate raiders A Customer I found this book to be filled with fascinating stories about Thomas Evans and other like him who changed the face of Wall Street in the 50's. As far as corporate raiders, most people only think back to the 1980's for when it began. This book will give you insight into how it all began half a century ago. It is not just a single story, but numerous ones about various radiers and the companies they targeted. For anyone who wants to learn about Wall Street history, this book is a must.. David Schiff said Must read financial history. An important book that covers an overlooked era and subject.. david brown said Interesting but somewhat unfocused book. After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 19"Interesting but somewhat unfocused book" according to david brown. After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book david brown After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 1940s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s and 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book david brown After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 1940s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book david brown After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 1940s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s and 19Interesting but somewhat unfocused book david brown After a vibrant, if unregulated, boom in the 1920s American business entered into a relatively stagnant era during the 1930s and 1940s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam. 0s. By stagnant I refer not simply to the global economic circumstances but to the resultant conservatism and regulation. Given the lack of credit, high taxes and new securities regulation the number of mergers and acquisitions declined.In the 1950s the first "green shoots" began to appear and these financial operators are the subject of Diane Henriques book. Thomas Mellon Evans (1911-1997), a "poor relation" of Pittsburgh's famous Mellon fam
In the end, the battling patriarch faced his youngest son in a poignant battle for control at the Crane Company, the once-famous Chicago plumbing and valve company that Tom Evans had himself seized in a brilliant takeover coup twenty-five years earlier. It almost seems that Thomas Mellon Evans was a man so far ahead of his contemporaries that he had moved into the shadows before the full force of his business style had dawned on the rest of corporate America. She relates in dramatic detail a number of important early takeover fights -- Wolfson's challenge to Montgomery Ward, Young's move on the New York Central Railroad, the fight for Follansbee Steel -- and shows how they foreshadowed the desperate battle waged by Tom Evans's son, Ned Evans, to keep the British raider Robe