Testosterone Inc

Christopher M. Byron 지음

Wiley 2004년 05월 12일 출간

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In Testosterone Inc.: Tales of CEOs Gone Wild, bestselling author and New York Post columnist Chris Byron chronicles the Gatsby-like saga of the rise and fall of the celebrity CEO. During the height of the 1990s bull market, they were America-s new heroes: the heroes of business. They were our bold new leaders, cutting the fat, pushing for productivity, implementing visionary plans, and making strategic deals.When the bull market turned to bust and the applause turned to cat-calls, the world was shocked at the truth. Drenched in money and public acclaim, our CEO-heroes-mostly white, mostly male, mostly middle-aged-turned out to be not much different than a group of twenty-something rock stars-drunk on power and driven by sex, greed, and glamour.Testosterone Inc. goes behind the boardroom doors to show the serial affairs and marriages of these acquisitive corporate titans. At the center of this story is Jack Welch, the biggest of America-s rock star CEOs and the former head of General Electric Co., surrounded by "mini-me" CEOs Ron Perelman of Revlon, Al Dunlap of Sunbeam, and Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco-all gone wild in public displays of consumption and predatory appetites writ large.Byron gets inside the bars where Welch liked to hang out and pick up women with his early "business soul mate" buddies. Byron hovers unseen at the elbow of Ron Perelman and his mistress aboard the Concorde for a week in Paris in his mistaken belief that his wife knows nothing about his secret affair. Byron peeks behind the curtains of a U.S. Army officers- quarters to behold Al Dunlap horrifying his first wife, who claimed in her divorce action that Dunlap would point his knife at her and say, "I often wondered what human flesh tasted like." Byron becomes a fly on the wall to chronicle the longing for respect and serial womanizing of Dennis Kozlowski.Frequently hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking

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Acknowledgements.Prologue.1. &"Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are you just happy to see me?&"2. &"I Want to Play in the Band!&"3. A Course for New Providence, or the Drowning Pools of Narcissism?4. GE Loves Me!5. Al and Dennis in the Passing Lane.6. Foolish Faith and the Case of Suzie Cream Cheese.7. Question from the Chairman: How Much Do I Weigh?8. Stretch Role Time for Gary and the Preacher&-s Daughter.9. Fitzy Comes Out of the Closet.10. Champagne Kisses and Caviar Dreams.11. Jack Meets Celebrity&-s Dark Side.12. The Shiksa Goddess of Wall Street.13. Jane Beasley and the Spoor of an Older Man.14. Marvin Hamlisch Meets the World of Six Sigma.15. CEO in Banjo-Land.16. Big Al Goes AWOL.17. Ron&-s Next Democrat.18. Hugs Kisses and Bouts of Nostalgia.19. Big Al and Ron Exit Fighting.20. Life is a Cabarat.21. Let's Party Like It's 1999.22. That Pesky Neck Waddle.23. Suzy Hotstuff and the Case of Juan Dangeroso.24. Sonata for Soul Mates.Notes.Index.

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&"…unputdownable…as gripping as any thriller…gasp in disbelief…&" (Reading Chronicle, September 2004)&"…the raciest business book you&-ll read all year…&" (Business Eye, August 2004)&"For a pacy, racy, throwaway beach read, Testosterone Inc. scores highly.&" (CFO Europe, July 2004)"...while there is a remarkable amount of business history, there is enough talk of divorces...to justify taking this to the beach.&" (The New York Times, July 11, 2004)"...entertaining and eye-opening..." (Barron's, June 7, 2004)"...unearths tantalizing stories of bad behavior ." (USA TODAY, June 1, 2004)Even before this business columnist's new book was released, the publisher was fielding calls from Jack Welch's lawyer--and that was just for the cover. The next 402 pages should really interest them. Byron, whose last book was the best-seller "Martha Inc.," is known for dishing. In his tales of "CEOs gone wild," even the mightiest corporate giants--Welch, Al Dunlap, Dennis Kozlowski and Ron Perelman--succumb to the most basic urges, falling victim to greed, gluttony--or a temptress in a tight dress. "Testosterone" reads like a juicy novel but, as its elaborate footnotes remind readers, the stories are true. (Or, at least, they've yet to be contested in court). (Newsweek, May 17, 2004)This is surely a first - a glandular history of how big shot CEOs ran their companies variously into ridicule and bankruptcy and themselves into criminal prosecution and infamy.Christopher Byron, author of the scathing story of convicted felon Martha Stewart, Martha Inc., has trumped that book with this account of the foibles of a gang of four once-esteemed, now ridiculed CEOs. In the cast are "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap, who destroyed Sunbeam Inc.;, Dennis Kozlowski, who awaits retrial after a jury got hung on the question of his guilt in sucking $800 million

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CHRISTOPHER M. BYRON has been writing about business and finance for over thirty years. He is author of the international and New York Times bestseller, Martha Inc., writes a weekly business column for the New York Post, and is host of a syndicated daily radio show, Wall Street Wake Up with Chris Byron. He is an analyst on Good Morning America, and appears frequently on CNBC, FOX News Network, MSNBC, and CBS Evening News, among other venues. His articles have appeared in Esquire, Playboy, New York, Worth, Men's Health, and Travel Holiday magazines. Byron graduated from Yale College and the Columbia University School of Law. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and lives in Connecticut with his family.