About the Book
Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the""Forbes 400, "All the Money in the World, "the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list to paint a vivid and revealing portrait of the wealthiest Americans of the past quarter century. Abundantly anecdotal, with insights gleaned from original research, interviews with Forbes 400 members, and never-before-compiled data, it is filled with illuminating "infographics"--tables, sidebars, factoids. The book shows how the superrich succeed, how fortunes are made in various industries, and how, once made, they are saved, enhanced, and sometimes squandered.
From Wall Street to the West Coast, from blue-collar billionaires to blue-blood fortunes, from the Google guys to hedge fund honchos, " All the Money in the World" gives us the lowdown on, among other things: the all-time richest Americans, who made and lost the most money in the past twenty-five years, the fields and industries that have produced the greatest wealth, the biggest risk takers, the most competitive players, the most wasteful family feuds, the trophy wives, the most conspicuous consumers, the biggest art collectors, the most and least generous philanthropists.
Produced in collaboration with "Forbes" magazine, "All the Money in the World" is a vastly entertaining, behind-the-scenes look at today's Big Rich, a subject of enduring fascination to all Americans.
About the Author :
Peter W. Bernstein and Annalyn Swan are veteran journalists and editors who between them have worked at U."S. News & World Report, Time, Newsweek, " and "Fortune" magazines over the last 25 years. Bernstein is the coeditor of "The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything" and editor of The Ernst & Young Tax Guide. Swan is coauthor, with Mark Stevens, of "de Kooning: An American Master, " which was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2005 by "The New York Times Book Review, " and which won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Bernstein and Swan are cofounders of ASAP Media, which helped produce "Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code. "They live in New York City.
Review :
"Studded with tables, charts and sidebars, All the Money in the World""is full of rags-to-riches stories and colorful anecdotes that make it as compulsively readable as best sellers like Michael Gross's "740 Park" and Steven Gaines's "Philistines at the Hedgerow.""
--Liesl Schillinger, New York Times
"Fascinating . . . Intriguing . . . Full of colorful characters and meticulous research, this book is inspired, insightful and lots of fun."
--Publishers Weekly
"Highly readable and provocative."
--Ron Wynn, Bookpage
"Uncovers a plethora of facts and figures about the superrich. . . goes behind the numbers to study their personalities and psychology, in essence revealing what makes them tick . . . providing enough charts, graphs, and comparisons to satisfy any statistician, and enough gossip on ruthlessness, risk-taking, family squabbles, and scandalous affairs to satisfy the rest of us."
--David Siegfried, Booklist
"Fascinating . . . The text is enhanced by 102 interesting and often humorous sidebars and an alphabetically organized appendix that lists all Forbes 400 members past and present, including each member's number of years on the list, year of highest net worth, and peak net worth."
--Caroline Geck, Library Journal "From the Hardcover edition."
"Fascinating . . . Intriguing . . . Full of colorful characters and meticulous research, this book is inspired, insightful and lots of fun."
--Publishers Weekly
"Highly readable and provocative."
--Ron Wynn, Bookpage
"Uncovers a plethora of facts and figures about the superrich. . . goes behind the numbers to study their personalities and psychology, in essence revealing what makes them tick . . . providing enough charts, graphs, and comparisons to satisfy any statistician, and enough gossip on ruthlessness, risk-taking, family squabbles, and scandalous affairs to satisfy the rest of us."
--David Siegfried, Booklist
"Fascinating . . . The text is enhanced by 102 interesting and often humorous sidebars and an alphabetically organized appendix that lists all Forbes 400 members past and present, including each member's number of years on the list, year of highest net worth, and peak net worth."
--Caroline Geck, Library Journal "From the Hardcover edition."
