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Chargement... Memoirs (2002)par David Rockefeller
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Our Enneagram Meet-up Group in New York City decided that David Rockefeller would be a good person as a good representative of the Personality Type 3 (achiever) to read about. This is a very complete book about Rockefeler and his associates and one does get the feeling that he has few secrets to hide. It is well written for which he had a lot of help from his colleagues. I think Rockefller sees this book as a chart of his legacy as major banker in the United States. The one thing I did not really find in his book was a sense of closeness to his children. ( ) A Well-Written but Disappointing Memoir I was disappointed with David Rockefeller’s Memoirs. While his observations on his early life were insightful, he failed to deal realistically with his career at Chase Manhattan. Throughout the book, he touts his personal connections with world leaders as the reason Chase Manhattan became a leading international bank. Yet he all but ignores that this debt was a major cause of the bank’s downfall. If he takes credit for the connections, he should assume responsibility when the debt defaults. On the other hand, I found his observations about his brother, Nelson, unique and insightful. He sees the greatness tempered by the flaws. In my mind the highlights of David Rockefeller’s career start when he retired from Chase Manhattan and dedicated himself to the family office. The story of the sale and subsequent repurchase of Rockefeller Center represents the pinnacle of a financial career. This is a well-written book. For someone, like me with an interest in finance and public service, it is a great read. David Rockefeller would rate five stars if only he had dealt more candidly with his failures at Chase Manhattan. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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David Rockefeller was born in 1915, the youngest child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., one of the richest men in the United States, and the great patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He graduated from Harvard College in the depths of the Depression, when the capitalist order, which his grandfather had helped to create, was under relentless attack. He studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D." "He worked briefly for New York City's flamboyant mayor Fiorello La Guardia before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1942. His service as an intelligence officer in North Africa and France brought him into contact with many of the individuals who would soon dominate European politics and gave him a unique perspective on the events and personalities that eventuated in the "twilight struggle" of the Cold War." Rockefeller joined the Chase bank in 1946 as an assistant manager in the Foreign Department and rose through the ranks to become chairman of the board and chief executive officer. During that time, he struggled constantly to modernize and internationalize the bank's operations, often against a conservative and risk-averse corporate culture. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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