Barbarians at the gate
Summary
Barbarians at the Gate recounts the events surrounding the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the biggest history at the time, and widely considered to be a textbook example of corporate and executive greed. This story of high stakes, betrayal, and one-upsmanship begins when RJR Nabisco's CEO F.... Full description
- Main title/Introduction
- "We're all winners here"
- Playing the deal
- Henry Kravis
- The 3 rules of Wall Street
- The hernia effect
- Something up Ross' sleeve
- The terms
- Nervous tension
- The board meeting
- The frenzy begins
- A tender offer
- "Push the barbarians back!"
- Ready for bear
- A deep throat
- Getting to the bottom of it
- Closing bell
- Skiing and crunching
- The long and final day begins
- $45 million for 1 hour
- Endgame
- Epilogue.