In this candid and irreverent insider\'s account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures an exhilarating era of fabulous dealmaking in a freewheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe That followed when the bubble burst.
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With refreshing candor and engaging prose, [this book] takes us Inside the world of Investment banking.--James B. . . .
Readers will marvel.--The Wall Street Journal Finally we have someone willing to lift the curtain. . .
This tell-all chronicles Knee\'s time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, revealing a world That rivals 24 in intrigue and drama.--Fortune [Knee] captures the glories and agonies of his profession .
Knee\'s The Accidental Investment Banker is a must.
Not since Michael Lewis\'s Liar\'s Poker has there been as good, as accessible or as pithy a look at the world of Investment banking.--The Washington Post For anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A.
Told with biting humor and unflinching honesty, populated with power players, back-stabbers, and gazillionaires, The Accidental Investment Banker is Knee\'s exhilarating insider\'s account of this boom-and-bust anything-goes era, when fortunes were made and reputations were lost.
By the turn of the twenty-first century, the bubble burst and the industry was in free fall.
Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling nineties, when bankers rode the wave of the Internet economy, often by devil-may-care means.
What happened? From his prestigious Wall Street perches at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A.
Knee\'s talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use.--Financial Times Investment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and chary of the financial system That allowed them to prosper. . .
Entertainingly indiscreet .
In this candid and irreverent insider\'s account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures an exhilarating era of fabulous dealmaking in a freewheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe That followed when the bubble burst
