{"product_id":"the-accidental-investment-banker-by-jonathan-knee-9780470517345","title":"The Accidental Investment Banker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntertainingly indiscreet . . . Knee's talent for wicked pen portraits is put to good use.\u003c\/em\u003e — Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInvestment bankers used to be known as respectful of their clients, loyal to their firms, and wary of the financial system that allowed them to prosper. What happened?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom his prestigious Wall Street positions at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Jonathan A. Knee witnessed firsthand the lavish deal-making of the freewheeling nineties, when bankers rode the wave of the Internet economy, often by devil-may-care means. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the bubble burst, and the industry was in free fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold with biting humour and unflinching honesty, populated with power players, back-stabbers, and gazillionaires, \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Investment Banker\u003c\/em\u003e is Knee's exhilarating insider account of this boom-and-bust, anything-goes era, when fortunes were made and reputations were lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot since Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker has there been as good, as accessible, or as pithy a look at the world of investment banking.\u003c\/em\u003e — The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor anyone who remembers the crazy boom times, and the even crazier bust, Jonathan A. Knee's \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Investment Banker\u003c\/em\u003e is a must. This tell-all chronicles Knee's time at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, revealing a world that rivals 24 in intrigue and drama.\u003c\/em\u003e — Fortune\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[Knee] captures the glories and agonies of his profession . . . Readers will marvel.\u003c\/em\u003e — The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinally, we have someone willing to lift the curtain. . . . With refreshing candour and engaging prose, [this book] takes us inside the world of investment banking.\u003c\/em\u003e — James B. Stewart, author of \u003cem\u003eDen of Thieves\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDisneyWar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000760778988,"sku":"9780470517345","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13938003482355.jpg?v=1763302672","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-accidental-investment-banker-by-jonathan-knee-9780470517345","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}