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The billionaire's apprentice : the rise of the Indian-American elite and the fall of the Galleon hedge fund / Anita Raghavan.

By: Raghavan, AnitaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Business Plus, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 493 pages , [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9789350097366; 9781455504022 (hbk.)Subject(s): Hedge funds -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Investment advisors -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Insider trading in securities | East Indian AmericansDDC classification: 364.168
Contents:
Twice blessed -- 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.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals - April 1st to 30th 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-477) and index.

Twice blessed -- 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.

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