Gerald Ronson: Leading from the Front - Brossura

Ronson, Gerald

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ISBN 10: 1845965302 ISBN 13: 9781845965303

Casa editrice: Mainstream Publishing, 2009

Riassunto

In Gerald Ronson- Leading from the Front, the last of the great British tycoons reveals how he fought his way to the top of the business ladder, lost everything twice, then clawed his way back up again. Amazingly for a man who now holds an iconic status in British business, Ronson quit school before his 15th birthday to work with his father in the family s furniture factory, and as a young boy he and his friends were street fighters, using their fists to take on the British fascist movement. This propelled him into a role as a leader in the country s Jewish community, and he is now considered to be the most influential secular Jew in the UK. Ronson will forever be associated with the famous Guinness Affair, which was the biggest financial scandal of the 80s. He was found guilty after a media circus of a trial in which the cards were stacked against him, and he spent six months in jail. After Guinness, which Ronson calls the greatest crisis in his life, he suffered a major financial crash that ne

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Informazioni sull?autore

Gerald Ronson is an international property and petrol station magnate, and is one of the most notable philanthropists in Britain.

Jeffrey Robinson is the bestselling author of The Sink, The Merger and The Laundrymen, which first brought to the world's attention the problems of money laundering.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Mainstream Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845965302
• ISBN 13: 9781845965303
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
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