{"product_id":"9780743247269","title":"Tearing Down the Walls : How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. . .and Then Nearly Lost It All","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTearing Down the Walls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Monica Langley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e A riveting narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e A rollicking biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e A well-written, fast-paced read that does the best job yet of explaining who Weill is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e [A] richly reported recent history of Wall Street and corporate America told through an oversize personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743247269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40591003648206,"sku":"9780743247269","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_23f05cf9-906d-4199-8340-f595173765d0.jpg?v=1637746564","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743247269","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}