{"product_id":"tearing-down-the-walls-how-sandy-weill-fought-his-way-to-the-top-of-the-financial-world-and-then-nearly-lost-it-all-paperback","title":"Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World...and Then Nearly Lost It All - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonica Langley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is one of the world's most accomplished figures of modern finance. As chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, Sanford \"Sandy\" Weill has become an American legend, a banking visionary whose innovativeness, opportunism, and even fear drove him from the lowliest jobs on Wall Street to its most commanding heights. In this unprecedented biography, acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Monica Langley provides a compelling account of Weill's rise to power. What emerges is a portrait of a man who is as vital and as volatile as the market itself. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTearing Down the Walls\u003c\/i\u003e tells the riveting inside story of how a Jewish boy from Brooklyn's back alleys overcame incredible odds and deep-seated prejudices to transform the financial-services industry as we know it today. \u003cbr\u003e Using nearly five hundred firsthand interviews with key players in Weill's life and career -- including Weill himself -- Langley brilliantly chronicles not only his success and scandals but also the shadows of his hidden self: his father's abandonment and his loving marriage; his tyrannical rages as well as his tearful regrets; his fierce sense of loyalty and his ruthless elimination of potential rivals. By highlighting in new and startling detail one man's life in a narrative as richly textured and compelling as a novel, \u003ci\u003eTearing Down the Walls\u003c\/i\u003e provides the historical context of the dramatic changes not only in business but also in American society in the last half century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonica Langley\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for twelve years. Her investigative reports on a wide array of subjects have regularly appeared on the Journal's front page. Formerly a practicing attorney for eight years, she lives with her husband and daughter in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 460\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 8.53 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53526057058611,"sku":"9780743247269","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/FK29jYnnMa9780743247269.webp?v=1783102738","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/tearing-down-the-walls-how-sandy-weill-fought-his-way-to-the-top-of-the-financial-world-and-then-nearly-lost-it-all-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}