This is the first book in a new series of classic biographies about the best and the most interesting personalities in the finance and investment worldfrom both recent and not-so-recent history. Bernard Baruch made millions trading and investing and, because of his financial genius and larger-than-life persona, his reputation reached legendary proportions.
Book Details:
- Author: James L. Grant
- ISBN: 9780470301715
- Year Published: 1997
- Pages: 365
- BISAC: BIO003000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIO/Business
About the Book and Topic:
This is the first book in a new series of classic biographies about the best and the most interesting personalities in the finance and investment worldfrom both recent and not-so-recent history. Bernard Baruch made millions trading and investing and, because of his financial genius and larger-than-life persona, his reputation reached legendary proportions.
Bernard Baruch was a fascinating character in both financial and political circles. This book is an ideal kick-off for this new series.
SUBJECT, Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) is perhaps the most famous stock trader, venture capitalist, and investor ever to have lived. He was a self-made millionaire and a statesman who was friend and financial advisor to several presidents. Anyone in finance will know his name. This is a unique portrait of the man behind the myth. First published in 1983, Bernard Baruch sold 11,000 in hard cover. This edition contains a new foreword by Grant. AUTHOR, James Grant is the well known and celebrated financial writer and creator of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He’s known as the writer’s writer in finance. Other books have been written about Baruch but this is the one that reveals the most about the man and his career on Wall Street. SUCCESS OF PREVIOUS SERIES, This series is similar in concept to the popular Wiley Investment Classics. The Classicslike Reminiscences of a Stock Operator and Extraordinary Popular Delusionsis our collection of the best finance literature, this series presents biographies of the masters of finance. These are the people who are universally known as the architects of modern finance.
About the Author
JAMES GRANT, the author of Money of the Mind, among other books, is the founder and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He is a weekly commentator on CNN and a longtime panelist on Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser.