All the Money in the World, Peter W. Bernstein
All the Money in the World, Peter W. Bernstein
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All the Money in the World
How the Forbes 400 Make--and Spend--Their Fortunes

Author: Peter W. Bernstein, Annalyn Swan

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Unabridged: 14 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/04/2007

Synopsis

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 shows 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, 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, the fields and industries that have produced the greatest wealth, the biggest risk takers, the most wasteful family feuds, and 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 is a veteran journalist and editor who has worked at U.S. News & World Report, Time, Newsweek, and Fortune magazines . Bernstein is the coeditor of The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything and editor of The Ernst & Young Tax Guide. He is a cofounder of ASAP Media, which helped produce Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code. He lives in New York City. Annalyn Swan is a veteran journalist and editor who has worked at U.S. News & World Report, Time, Newsweek, and Fortune magazines over the last 25 years. She is a cofounder of ASAP Media, which helped produce Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Da Vinci Code. Swan is the writer of De Kooning: An American Master and All the Money in the World.  She lives in New York City. Marc Cashman was named one of the “Best Voices of the Year” by AudioFile magazine. His voice can be heard on radio, television, film, and video games. Marc also instructs voice actors through his classes, The Cashman Cache of Voice-Acting Techniques, in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Florin

Exceptional!......more

Goodreads review by Roni

Did not finish. Gave up in 48%, tried as audiobook. Been reading a lot of money related literature but this one is just too pointless and boring. Really frustrating to follow jumping from one story to another.......more

Goodreads review by Cody

“The surest way to make a small fortune is to start with a large one” this quote summarizes the [mostly] outdated “insights” offered by the book. Saved you a few hours......more

Goodreads review by Dagny

This book was REALLY interesting. By the end it got a little long, but it was a good read.......more

Goodreads review by Marcie

I didn’t actually finish this book. The first book was fine but I lost interest.......more

Quotes

"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

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