The key man : the true story of how the global elite was duped by a capitalist fairy tale
(2021)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
332.62/CLARK,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
336 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062996213, 0062996215 :, 0062996215, 9780062996213
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The boy from Karachi -- A glittering oasis -- Now we rule -- The great showman -- Karachi electric -- Arab Spring -- Impact investing -- The cult of Abraaj -- Turks will always drink milk -- Cash crunch -- Dream weavers -- Healthy lives -- Breathe, smile, say alhamdullilah, and proceed -- America first -- Doubling down -- Peak Abraaj -- Don't make nice with a fraudster -- Keys to the kingdom -- Flight risk
"In this compelling story of greed, theft, and the dark underbelly of globalization and impact investing, two Wall Street Journal financial reporters investigate the shocking collapse of Abraaj-the largest private-equity failure in history-and the face behind its glimmering rise and catastrophic fall"--