Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.24 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250072182 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pair this with the movie The Big Short to understand why Benmosche was a one-of-a-kind executive.”--Booklist (Starred Review). "In a country where business executives are afraid and and timid, and often undeserving of everything from their high pay to their credentials as "leaders" along came Bob Benmosche, a genuine person who simply believed in doing what was right for his employees, his shareholders and, most importantly, his country. I want this book read by all who want to know the truth of the Great Recession, because the legacy of that terrible era is a disgrace for all those who worked in the greedy world of finance, the proximate cause of so much pain for everyday Americans. Feinberg, Treasury Department “Pay Czar” for TARP Executive Compensation"
A square peg in a round hole This is a very unusual business memoir, because Benmosche was a very unusual Fortune 500 CEO. It is not focused exclusively on AIG but on its author. The chapters dedicated to his youth are enlightening and explain a lot about his approach to family and business life. Benmosche's outsized personality illuminates this book. Foul. Fred Forbes said Blunt, Aggressive, but fair. I'm looking at a photograph I took of a newspaper headline dated September 17, "Blunt, Aggressive, but fair" according to Fred Forbes. I'm looking at a photograph I took of a newspaper headline dated September 17, 2008 (St. Pete Times) in one of the sky boxes at Tropicana Field during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays. The gathering was hosted by a local money management group for the benefit of local financial advisors who clear through. 008 (St. Pete Times) in one of the sky boxes at Tropicana Field during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays. The gathering was hosted by a local money management group for the benefit of local financial advisors who clear through. Hard to put down Good for the Money is a business book that is truly hard to put down. Bob was a complex man with an interesting story to tell which he, with the help of the talented writers Valerie Hendy and Peter Marks, tells very very well. I enjoyed the backstory - Bob's upbringing, early professional career and family life - as much as the
He was instrumental in taking MetLife - where he worked for 11 years, as COO and CEO - public. Once a top executive at Paine Webber and at Chase Manhattan, Bob Benmosche was also a U.S. ROBERT BENMOSCHE was President and CEO of AIG from 2009 to 2014 and pioneered policies that saved the company from bankruptcy, enabling it to repay its debts to the g
With his brash, no-holds-barred approach to the job, Benmosche restored AIG's employee morale and good name. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling AIG from the brink of financial collapse and restoring its profitability. Good for the Money affords you a front-row seat for Benmosche's heated battles with major players from Geithner to Obama to Cuomo, and offers incomparable lessons in leadership from the legendary CEO who changed the way Wall Street does business.. His is a story of perseverance, told with refreshing irreverence in unpretentious terms.Called "an American hero" by Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of Too Big to Fail, Benmosche was a self-made man who never forgot what life is like for the nation's 99-percent; again and again, he pushed back against obstinate colleagues to salvage American jobs and industry. government - with interest.Good for the Money is an unyielding leader's memoir of a career spent fixing companies through thoughtful, unconventional strategy. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. Before three years were up,