Barbaras at the gate. The history of the fall Rjr Nabisco. Burrow B., Hellar J.

This is an exciting story about the struggle for control over the company RJR Nabisco that unfolded on Wall Street in October-November 1988. The book was based on more than 100 interviews that Brian Burrow and John Hellar were held with participants in the events described - with Rjr Nabisco President Rosso Johnson, Henry Kravis, George Roberts, Ted Foreman, Jim Machera and other prominent businessmen of the financial world. The authors introduce the reader to the history of the formation, prosperity and fall of one of the largest American companies, masterfully draw the characters of managers, lawyers, financiers participating in the fight, make it possible to plunge into the atmosphere of Wall Street and feel the passions that have been erupted around the credit of the control package of the RJR Nabisco shares.

The book is read in one breath and will undoubtedly be interesting to both businessmen, financiers, companies, and all curious people.