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The Dealmaker
- Author
- Guy Hands
- Narrator
- Simon Shepherd, Guy Hands
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 4 November 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making.
The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur.
It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the deal that almost bankrupted him - the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007, just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all, it takes the reader inside the previously very secretive world of private equity, explaining how this multi-billion pound sector operates and providing pen-portraits of some of the larger-than-life figures who people it.
Both insightful and page-turning, it will prove inspirational and essential reading for all those concerned with or interested in the world of investment.
© Guy Hands 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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The only book about private equity to read like a thriller.
The Times
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Very far from being the typical business book destined to be forgotten shortly after publication. It grips the reader from the first page . . . [It does] a superb job of explaining how private equity works . . . there are some very useful investment lessons . . . This book should definitely be on your reading list.
Money Week
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If you are curious to learn the secrets of these financial alchemists, here is your chance to do so from the very best.
Business Standard
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A brutally honest book about his world of high-stakes deal-making and the emotional fallout.
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Guy Hands
- Narrator
- Simon Shepherd, Guy Hands
- Duration
- 10 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473506527
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Finance and the finance industry, Business strategy, Investment and securities, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, Autobiography: business and industry
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making.The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur. It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the deal that almost bankrupted him - the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007, just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all, it takes the reader inside the previously very secretive world of private equity, explaining how this multi-billion pound sector operates and providing pen-portraits of some of the larger-than-life figures who people it. Both insightful and page-turning, it will prove inspirational and essential reading for all those concerned with or interested in the world of investment.© Guy Hands 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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