Taking Down the Lion: The Triumphant Rise and Tragic Fall of Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski
“If you readTaking Down the Lion, you need to be prepared to stay awake late into the night. This is the painful yet riveting story of the government’s professionally petty, jealousy-driven, crowd pleasing, yet utterly wrong and immoral destruction of an economic genius; and it is well told by Catherine S. Neal. Dennis Kozlowski created jobs and wealth in a political environment in which his work and his rewards became an obstacle for the government. This book is a tour de force in the terrors of justice which should never have happened in America. It is a story we all need to know. It could happen to any of us.” —Hon. Andrew P. Napolitano, Senior Judicial Analyst, Fox News Channel“InTaking Down the Lion, business ethics Professor Catherine S. Neal has the guts to take down the conventional history of the tragic fall of Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski. Kozlowski sits in prison longer than murderers, the victim of his outsized greed, betrayal by his Board, and unbridled prosecutorial excess. This is a contrarian view that casts a shadow on whether greed and hubris translated into criminal behavior. A riveting read, with a rigorous case that Kozlowski was railroaded.” —James O. Campbell, Host of nationally syndicatedBusiness Talk with Jim Campbell"Ms. Neal gets it right. Dennis Kozlowski took a small obscure New England company and transformed it into $40 billion global giant. He created enormous wealth for his shareholders, including members of the Tyco board who conveniently claimed amnesia when he most needed their support. Eight years in prison is a long time to serve for what amounted to a contract dispute."—Robert L. Dilenschneider, Founder and Principal of the Dilenschneider Group, and author ofPower and Influence