Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire - Softcover

Lewis, Reginald F.; Walker, Blair S.

9781574780505: Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire

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ISBN 10: 1574780506 ISBN 13: 9781574780505

Publisher: Black Classic Pr, 2013

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The late African American entrepreneur traces his rise from a Baltimore ghetto to the elite inner circle of Wall Street deal-makers.

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"Voyages deep into the frenzied, complex world of LBO transactions."--BusinessWeek.

"Sheds light on an important chapter in both African-American and American business history."--Earl G. Graves, Publisher, Black Enterprise magazine.

When Reginald Lewis was six years old, his grandparents asked his opinion about employment discrimination against blacks. Reg replied simply, "Why should white guys have all the fun?" Why, indeed! Lewis grew up to become the wealthiest black man in history and one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time, reigning over a commercial empire that spanned four continents. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated at $400 million.

"Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?" traces Lewis's rise from a working- class neighborhood in east Baltimore to Harvard Law School and ultimately into the elite circle of Wall Street deal-makers. Expanding on Lewis's unfinished autobiography, journalist Blair Walker completes a vivid portrait of a proud, fiercely determined man with a razor-sharp tongue--and an intellect to match. He shows how Lewis's lifelong hunger for wealth and personal glory fueled his success on the playing field, in the classroom, and in the boardroom. Walker also provides a rare insider's view of Lewis, the iron-willed negotiator and brilliant business strategist in action as he finesses one phenomenal deal after another.

A moving saga of personal courage and determination as well as a virtual how-to book for those who would like to follow in Lewis's footsteps, "Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?" is every bit as memorable as the man whose story it tells.

About the Author

Reginald F. Lewis was chairman, chief executive officer, and principle shareholder of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., until his death from brain cancer in January 1993. Born into a Black working-class family in Baltimore, he had pushed himself onto Forbes magazine’s 400 list of wealthiest Americans at the time of his untimely death at age 50.

Blair Walker is a former financial reporter with USA Today. He has been writing professionally since 1980. He has been an editor with New York Newsday and the Washington Post, and has been a reporter with the Baltimore Sun and the Chicago bureau of The Associated Press. Blair has also freelanced for Emerge, AutoWeek, Fortune, Africans Americans on Wheels and BET Weekend magazines.

Richard Parsons is a business executive who served as Chairman of Citigroup from 2009 - 2012 and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner from 2002-2007. Hailing from a working-class background, Parsons regularly makes Fortune magazine's annual list of the most powerful people in business, and is considered to be one of the most respected African American executives in the country.

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