Good for the money
Subtitle: my fight to pay back America
By: Bob Benmosche ; with Peter Marks and Valerie Hendy
Contributors: Marks, Peter; Hendy, Valerie
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781250072184
Subjects: Chief executive officers; Management; Financial crises; Insurance companies; Inc American International Group; Biography; History
Description: "In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling AIG from the brink of financial collapse and restoring its profitability. Before three years were up, AIG had fully repaid its staggering debt to the U.S. government - with interest. Good for the Money is an unyielding leader's memoir of a career spent fixing companies through thoughtful, unconventional strategy. With his brash, no-holds-barred approach to the job, Benmosche restored AIG's employee morale and good name. His is a story of perseverance, told with refreshing irreverence in unpretentious terms. Called "an American hero" by Andrew Ross Sorkin, author of Too Big to Fail, Benmosche was a self-made man who never forgot what life is like for the nation's 99-percent; again and again, he pushed back against obstinate colleagues to salvage American jobs and industry. Good for the Money affords you a front-row seat for Benmosche's heated battles with major players from Geithner to Obama to Cuomo, and offers incomparable lessons in leadership from the legendary CEO who changed the way Wall Street does business"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The good news is, you're not paranoid; title: We're not dead, and you're not dead, or, What he did is criminal; title: Always take the tip; title: The GSD guy; title: The hot seat was my sweet spot; title: Taking off the collar; title: Nothing was happening; title: We're not doing any of this; title: Clawback; title: Oil and water; title: "Only one of us can be here tomorrow"; title: An unfinished symphony; title: "I have given up all hope of a better past"; title: "You're welcome, America."