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<p class="null1">A grand and revelatory portrait of Wall Street’s most storied investment bank</p> <p>Wall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens of millions of dollars. But even among the&nbsp;most powerful&nbsp;firms, Lazard Frères &amp; Co. stood apart. Discretion, secrecy, and&nbsp;subtle strategy were its weapons of choice. For&nbsp;more than a century, the mystique and reputation of the "Great Men" who worked there allowed the firm to garner unimaginable profits, social cachet, and outsized influence in the halls of power. But in the mid-1980s, their titanic egos started getting in the way, and the Great Men of Lazard jeopardized all they had built.</p> <p>William D. Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes the reader into the mysterious and secretive world of Lazard and&nbsp;presents a&nbsp;compelling portrait&nbsp;of Wall Street through the&nbsp;tumultuous history&nbsp;of this exalted and fascinating company.&nbsp; Cohan deconstructs the explosive feuds between Felix Rohatyn and Steve Rattner, superstar investment bankers and pillars of New York society, and between the man who co

Author
Cohan, William D.
Publisher
Broadway; Broadway Books
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780767919791
Subjects
Finance, Economics, Business
Rating
3.79 / 5 (669 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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