
Inside the Rise and Fall of America's Greatest Corporate Empire
The Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver
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What Attracted You to the Story of Wall Street?
J. Morgan Chase fired Andre from his job as a managing director at the bank in January of 2004, leaving him with no career anymore. He decided he wanted to do something that wouldn't require me to have a boss who could decide whether or not I would be fired or hired. His first book won the FT Goldman Sachs business book of the year award in 2007 and opened up all sorts of doors for him. Power Failure is an 800-page nosebreaker unpacking what happened to general electric over 100 years ago when Jack Welsh was more powerful than anyone else on Wall Street.
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