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The Predators' Ball
''The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders'', by ''Wall Street Journal'' writer Connie Bruck, largely recounts the rise of Michael Milken, his firm Drexel Burnham Lambert, and the leveraged buyout boom they helped to fuel in the 1980s. Overview As the book was published at the apex of the leveraged buyout boom, it was subsequently updated to also address the impending collapse of Drexel Burnham and Michael Milken's conviction on various securities and reporting violations. The title of the book is a reference to an event that Drexel Burnham hosted annually. New York Times, April 18, 1988 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Bruck
Connie Bruck is an American journalist and a reporter on subjects covering business and politics. She has been a staff writer at ''The New Yorker'' since 1989. Before joining ''The New Yorker'', she was a staff writer at ''The American Lawyer'' for nine years. Her stories have also appeared in ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Atlantic Monthly''. Bruck is married to Mel Levine, a lawyer and former American politician. Awards and recognition * Her article on Ivan Boesky in ''The Atlantic'' won the 1984 John Hancock Award for excellence in business and financial reporting. * Her profile of Newt Gingrich in ''The New Yorker'' titled "The Politics of Perception" won the 1996 National Magazine Award for Reporting. * Bruck's articl"Deal of the Year"in ''The New Yorker'' won the 1991 National Magazine Award for Reporting and the Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines. * Bruck won a second Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines in 2013 for "Cashier du Cinema" in ''The New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |