The Billionaire's apprentice : the rise of the Indian-American elite and the fall of the Galleon Hedge Fund /
By: Raghavan, Anita
Material type: BookPublisher: New York: : Business Plus, 2013.Edition: 1st Ed.Description: xvi, 493 p. , [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781455504022Subject(s): Hedge funds -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Investment advisors -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Insider trading in securitiesDDC classification: 364.1680973 RA BI Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 364.1680973 RA BI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0049237 |
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"Shortlisted for Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2013" Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discovery. "Who will show me the way in the world?" ; "I respectfully decline to answer the question" ; A family affair ; Drama at ITT ; Birdie trades ; Promises to keep ; The Good Ship Galleon -- Rising. No ask backs ; "The Tamil Tiger" of Wall Street ; Up or out at McKinsey ; The camera never lies ; The corner office ; Raj's edge ; Building Offshore-istan ; Partying and Polycom ; Playing for Team USA ; The Wharton Mafia ; Reeling in Roomy -- Falling. Moonlighting at McKinsey ; A Vanaprastha on the Hudson ; The dishonorable Dosco ; On the new Silk route ; The million-dollar man ; "You've gotta be a hustler" ; The richest maid in Silicon Valley ; The Wire ; "I played him like a finely tuned piano" ; A friend on the board ; A tragic call ; "Buy Goldman Sachs, buy Goldman Sachs" ; Trading at the Setai ; Handcuffs for breakfast -- Trials. "Why is it so quiet around here?" ; "He's a bad man" ; The Gupta file ; Kumar sings ; An unhappy Diwali ; Et tu, Kumar? ; A family secret.
Depicts the collapse of a multi-billion dollar South Asian hedge fund due to insider trading and describes the case brought against them by the son of Indian immigrants who went up against the corporation's founder.