Ivar Kreuger and the Financial Scandal of the Century
E-Book, Englisch
ISBN: 978-1-84765-138-9
Verlag: Profile
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This book traces Ivar's meteoric rise from the obscurity of provincial Sweden, to become a construction mogul and then a global business oligarch. Ivar acquired match monopolies throughout the world and usurped J. P. Morgan to become the leading lender to foreign governments. His financial innovations resonate today. A self made media figure, he discovered and promoted Greta Garbo but also advised politicians, including President Hoover.
Was he a financial genius or merely a schemer? Did he really stage his own suicide? This book brings back to life one of the greatest swindlers of all times.