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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Wall Street’s current playbook began as a workaround designed to legally sidestep estate taxes.
Chapter 3: During the 1980s, LBOs became profit engines, drawing fervent, widespread acclaim as well as criticism.
Chapter 4: A ruthless businessman with an insatiable appetite for change and luxury transformed the business world’s very nature.
Chapter 5: Johnson’s influence expanded through a succession of mergers.
Chapter 6: A youthful Wall Street upstart reshaped the nature of LBOs.
Chapter 7: When Ross Johnson entered the LBO arena, his greed culminated in ultimate calamity.
Chapter 8: Johnson’s initially low bid prompted other contenders to eagerly toss their hats into the ring too.
Chapter 9: The LBO saga would mark the end of Ross Johnson’s term at Nabisco, but not the end of his career.
Description
Barbarians at the Gate (1989) tells the story of one of the largest corporate deals in US history, the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. These blinks provide a gripping portrait of the extreme and extravagant behavior in corporate America during the 1980s.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone working in finance or business who wants to learn about a legendary deal
- Citizens appalled by the excesses of corporate America
- Anyone enthralled by hostile takeovers and cutthroat dealings