Wall Street is where personal ambition collides with market risk, leading to the failure of old firms, creation of new ones and the continual reinvention of the industry. Understanding Wall Street’s past is key to surviving its future.
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Surviving Wall Street: A Tale of Triumph, Tragedy and Timing tells the story of the dramatic evolution of Wall Street in recent years through the tumultuous saga of one firm (Greenhill & Co., a pioneering merger advisory business) and one man (Scott Bok, its longtime leader). This dramatic adventure tale provides a firsthand account of deals and dealmakers told from inside the boardroom.
“An epic journey by a consummate Wall Street dealmaker, Scott Bok advised on some of the biggest M&As in U.S. history and built the gold standard of boutique investment banks. Bok’s fast paced, insider’s account delivers fresh insights on a Darwinian industry. Along the way, we meet the celebrity bankers and corporate titans who waged fractious battles to create today’s investment banking world.”
“Scott Bok combines the skills of a Wall Street dealmaker with the gifts of a born storyteller in this extraordinary account of what happens when the worlds of business, politics, and academia collide. Surviving Wall Street brilliantly describes how the University of Pennsylvania, a storied Ivy League university, was attacked by a group of ‘masters of the universe’ who deployed the tools of… Read More
“Scott Bok combines the skills of a Wall Street dealmaker with the gifts of a born storyteller in this extraordinary account of what happens when the worlds of business, politics, and academia collide. Surviving Wall Street brilliantly describes how the University of Pennsylvania, a storied Ivy League university, was attacked by a group of ‘masters of the universe’ who deployed the tools of a hostile corporate takeover in their effort to transform the school. Those efforts—rife with boardroom intrigue, secret meetings, and bare-knuckle attacks—perfectly illustrate how the previously staid world of academia has become a culture wars battleground where the search for truth collides with the quest for power.”
“Scott’s book propels the reader into the midst of the complicated and unpredictable reality that is the world of Wall Street. His humble beginnings in Grand Rapids, Michigan contrast his experiences in this world where titans of industry become characters, personalities clash, and he sat center-stage to witness it all. However, his enormous success never stopped him from being involved… Read More
“Scott’s book propels the reader into the midst of the complicated and unpredictable reality that is the world of Wall Street. His humble beginnings in Grand Rapids, Michigan contrast his experiences in this world where titans of industry become characters, personalities clash, and he sat center-stage to witness it all. However, his enormous success never stopped him from being involved in philanthropy and education, and the stewardship he exhibited during his tenure as the board chairman of the University of Pennsylvania—at the height of attacks against freedom of expression—was heroic and serves as an example of a champion of democracy.”
About Scott
Scott Bok led Greenhill & Co. through the booms and busts that shaped modern Wall Street. Before that he spent ten years as a M&A banker at Morgan Stanley and practiced M&A law at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. Over four decades, he had a front-row seat for a tumultuous period of extraordinary expansion on Wall Street.
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