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Soros : the world's most influential investor
- Title
- Soros : the world's most influential investor / Robert Slater.
- Author
- Slater, Robert, 1943-2014.
- Publication
- New York : McGraw Hill, [2009], ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HG172.S63 S58 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 335 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "George Soros has been making headlines for more than four decades, yet he remains as much an enigma as ever - especially to those who would divine the secrets behind his phenomenal success as a global investor. Now, in this thoroughly updated, substantially expanded edition of his 1996 bestseller Soros, biographer Robert Slater goes beyond the headlines and the oft-told tales to reveal the man behind the legend. Working from extensive interviews with Soros himself, as well as Soros's business associates and friends, Slater traces his subject's life across two continents and more than seven decades."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-328) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The World's Greatest Investor -- Ch. 2. A Boy and His Parents -- Ch. 3. The Cellars of Budapest -- Ch. 4. Like Freud or Einstein -- Ch. 5. The Blind Leading the Blind -- Ch. 6. Fascinated by Chaos -- Ch. 7. Invest First and Investigate Later -- Ch. 8. Putting My Money Where My Mouth Was -- Ch. 9. A Quantum Leap -- Ch. 10. The Identity Crisis -- Ch. 11. The Imperial Circle -- Ch. 12. The Killing of a Lifetime -- Ch. 13. A Philosophical Speculator -- Ch. 14. A Cheap Price for Freedom -- Ch. 15. An Urge to Reveal Oneself -- Ch. 16. The Big Crash -- Ch. 17. It Takes Courage to Be a Pig -- Ch. 18. Taming the Snake -- Ch. 19. The One-Way Bet -- Ch. 20. Black Wednesday -- Ch. 21. The King of the Hedge Funds -- Ch. 22. The Guru -- Ch. 23. A Common Virus Known as Hubris -- Ch. 24. I'm a Hungarian Jew -- Ch. 25. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre -- Ch. 25. Mr. Soros Goes to Washington -- Ch. 27. Richer Than 42 Countries -- Ch. 28. A Shift Toward America -- Ch. 29. Financial Woes and a Foretaste of Politics -- Ch. 30. George Bush in Soros's Crosshairs -- Ch. 31. Investor, Philanthropist, Philosopher, and 78 Years Old.
- ISBN
- 9780071608442 (alk. paper)
- 0071608443 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008041752
- 40016298891
- OCLC
- ocn233549581
- 233549581
- SCSB-9052652
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries