King of the club : Richard Grasso and the survival of the New York Stock Exchange /
Charles Gasparino.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Collins, c2007.
- xiv, 383 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-354) and index.
It's good to be king -- The Earl of sandwich -- "The empty suit" -- The little guy in the dark suit -- Sugar daddy -- The savior -- The last hurrah -- Star fucker or savior? -- The uprising begins -- One bad day -- With friends like these -- Enter the enforcer -- The Goldman Sachs Exchange -- Notes -- Index.
"In King of the Club, acclaimed reporter Charles Gasparino takes us inside the marble-cloaked temple of finance that is the New York Stock Exchange - known to insiders as "The Club" - and reveals never-before-told-details of the rise and fall of Richard Grasso, the most powerful CEO in the Exchange's 215-year history. Gasparino shows us: Grasso's desperate race to restart the nation's financial system after 9/11 - and how the industry's backstabbing and race to make a buck didn't stop...even then; the rise and fall of a remarkable Italian kid from the outer boroughs, who fought his way to the top of one of the country's most conservative and clubby institutions; and a behind the scenes look at the struggle for control over the most central organization."--BOOK JACKET.
9780060898335 006089833X
2007042627
Grasso, Richard.
New York Stock Exchange--Officials and employees--Biography.