Download or read book The Fall of the House of Forbes written by Stewart Pinkerton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forbes: the legendary name in finance journalism. Synonymous with wealth, grand excess, glamour, and fun as well as style, insight, gossip, and hard-nosed reporting, the media empire and the family behind it form a remarkable story that has never been told. Now, in The Fall of the House of Forbes, veteran journalist Stewart Pinkerton reveals the hidden machinations, disastrous decisions, and personal foibles of a century-old dynasty that rose to glittering heights and crashed just as spectacularly. Writing from an insider’s perspective and first-hand sources developed over his twenty years as a writer and editor at Forbes, Pinkerton takes us to the ritualized formal lunches inside the mansion-like headquarters at 60 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan; the lavish advertiser parties on board the family yacht, The Highlander; the sybaritic private life of Malcolm Forbes and the family’s increasing discomfort with its patriarch; and the glory days of the magazine, with its news-making stories, high-rolling expense accounts, and bar-setting standards for anyone who aspired to wealth and its trappings. But as the media business changed, Forbes was slow to react, and found itself burdened by Malcolm’s immense personal expenses, Steve Forbes’s bumbling, self-financed presidential campaigns, and the family’s hubris and hesitation in the face of reality. A series of devastating business decisions and an internecine struggle for power forced the sale of the Faberge eggs, the vintage toy collection, the homes, the private island, the yacht, and finally the sale of 40% of the company itself to outside investors…a collapse of shocking speed after decades of unsurpassed success. A compelling narrative account of a powerful family’s dysfunction, The Fall of the House of Forbes is a parable of capitalism at its best and worst, and a metaphor for the current state of digital turmoil in media.
Download or read book Quotations for All Occasions written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From menopause to moving in, from losing weight to starting a business, this organized book is filled with 1,500 quotations that capture the mundane and the magnificent and covers 150 occasions.
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Download or read book The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives 1986 1990 written by Karen Markoe and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1998 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each vol. covers notable Americans who died in a five-year period.
Download or read book Quotable Quotes written by Editors of Reader's Digest and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1997-03-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of words of wisdom, wry witticisms, provocative opinions, and inspiring reflectionsfrom Benjamin Franklin to Colin Powell, Abraham Lincoln to Mother Teresa, Margaret Mead to Garrison Keillor. From one of the most popular features of Reader's Digest magazine. /SECTION
Download or read book More Than I Dreamed written by Malcolm S. Forbes and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1989 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with stunning photos and engaging anecdotes, this lavish book showcases the prized possessions and lifelong passion for collecting of Malcolm Forbes, the flamboyant owner/publisher of Forbes magazine. More than 200 4-color and black-and-white photos.
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Download or read book American Business Leaders 2 Volumes written by Neil A. Hamilton and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1999-08-17 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over four hundred alphabetically arranged articles that provide biographical and career information about prominent American business leaders from throughout history, covering a variety of fields, including finance, banking, heavy industry, food processing, communications, computers, and entertainment.
Download or read book Women Who Made a Difference written by Malcolm Forbes and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the inspiring tales of 100 women whose talents and achievements changed our world.
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