The story opens with the purchase of a 9mm Browning at a small Paris gun shop by a man named Ivar Kreuger. The next morning, the world's leading bankers nervously waited to ask Ivar about some forged Italian bonds. Hours later, his dead body was discovered and the largest financial empire of the era collapsed.
This book traces Ivar's meteoric rise from the obscurity of provincial Sweden, to become a construction mogul and then a global business oligarch. Ivar acquired match monopolies throughout the world and usurped J. P. Morgan to become the leading lender to foreign governments. His financial innovations resonate today. A self made media figure, he discovered and promoted Greta Garbo but also advised politicians, including President Hoover.
Was he a financial genius or merely a schemer? Did he really stage his own suicide? This book brings back to life one of the greatest swindlers of all times.
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Nº de ref. del artículo: GOR004248278
Descripción Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Nº de ref. del artículo: wbs2548966523
Descripción First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 272 pages; 24 cm. Subjects: Kreuger, Ivar 1880-1932; Capitalists and financiers Sweden ; Biography; Commercial criminals Sweden ; Biography; Match industry Sweden ; Biography; International finance Corrupt practices History; Capitalists and financiers; Commercial criminals; International finance Corrupt practices; Match industry; Match industry Sweden. 1 Kg. Nº de ref. del artículo: 406802