{"product_id":"barbarians-at-the-gate-bryan-burrough-john-helyar","title":"Barbarians at the Gate * Bryan Burrough, John Helyar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Fall of RJR Nabisco, a landmark 1990 business book written by investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The book is a gripping, real-life account of the legendary $25 billion leveraged buyout LBO of the RJR Nabisco Corporation in late 1988. It chronicles a fierce bidding war that fundamentally redefined Wall Street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoss Johnson, the flamboyant CEO of food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco, initiated a plan to take the company private to boost stock value. Johnson's move inadvertently sparked a massive corporate war. Rival Wall Street firms, prominent banks, and private equity giants raced to grab a piece of the action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks the corporate showdown between Ross Johnson and Henry Kravis, the pioneer of leveraged buyouts and co-founder of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts \u0026amp; Co. KKR. It provides a deeply detailed look at the financial culture of the 1980s, driven by junk bonds, monumental egos, corporate greed, and backroom deal-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidely considered one of the finest narrative business books ever written, it outlines how the \"barbarians\" Wall Street private equity firms successfully breached the gates of corporate America. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Published 1989. This Edition 1990 by HarperCollins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shopper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450171461875,"sku":"202607121496ABB","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5722\/7507\/files\/1000015936.jpg?v=1788645581","url":"https:\/\/purpleslothmedia.com\/products\/barbarians-at-the-gate-bryan-burrough-john-helyar","provider":"Purple Sloth Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}