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• catalog abstract "From its humble, pony-express origins, American Express grew into a powerful conglomerate with a global reach. Its famed green card became a yuppie symbol of success in the eighties and its gold and platinum cards perfectly reflected its upscale clientele. But behind the pristine image of a tony, smoothly run corporation, the house of cards was slowly beginning to collapse. Authors Jon Friedman and John Meehan, two well-respected financial journalists, take the reader. Inside the corporate boardrooms and tell, for the first time, of all the bungled deals, private fiascoes and clashing executive egos in the far-flung realm of American Express. At the center of this story is James D. Robinson III, the handsome, charismatic scion of an Atlanta banking family. In 1977, CEO Robinson began a decade of overexpansion, surrounding himself with a cast of colorful, often hotheaded characters. Sanford I. Weill, a brazen Wall Street fighter, for a. Time spearheaded AmEx's entree into the brokerage business; Peter A. Cohen was his temperamental lieutenant who led the company's star-crossed charge to take over RJR Nabisco. Edmond J. Safra, a mysterious international financier, found himself the victim of a vicious smear campaign after severing his AmEx ties. As his troubles worsened, Robinson's most loyal ally became his second wife, Linda Gosden Robinson. A celebrity in her own right who runs a controversial public. Relations business, Linda Robinson has been called the Nancy Reagan of American Express, a savvy, behind-the-scenes powerbroker. By the early 1990s, Robinson was facing one crisis after another, including a merchant revolt against the green card, the failure of AmEx's widely touted Optima Card program, and unprecedented layoffs and write-offs that have left the company beleaguered and bewildered. House of Cards presents a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of each crisis. Besides providing a rare look at the way decisions are made inside a major corporation, the authors present a telling portrait of American business, and of its often shallow and scheming leaders.".
• catalog contributor b3771122.
• catalog contributor b3771123.
• catalog created "1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
• catalog description "1. The Evil Empire -- 2. "Little Jimmy" -- 3. From the Pony Express to Platinum -- 4. Expansion Fever -- 5. The Buying Binge -- 6. Expansion Blues -- 7. Family Matters -- 8. The Fireman's Fund Fiasco -- 9. The Mysterious Edmond Safra -- 10. Power, Politics and Peter Cohen -- 11. The End of the Eighties -- 12. Primerica and the Price of Vanity -- 13. Credit and Credibility.".
• catalog description "Besides providing a rare look at the way decisions are made inside a major corporation, the authors present a telling portrait of American business, and of its often shallow and scheming leaders.".
• catalog description "From its humble, pony-express origins, American Express grew into a powerful conglomerate with a global reach. Its famed green card became a yuppie symbol of success in the eighties and its gold and platinum cards perfectly reflected its upscale clientele. But behind the pristine image of a tony, smoothly run corporation, the house of cards was slowly beginning to collapse. Authors Jon Friedman and John Meehan, two well-respected financial journalists, take the reader.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Inside the corporate boardrooms and tell, for the first time, of all the bungled deals, private fiascoes and clashing executive egos in the far-flung realm of American Express. At the center of this story is James D. Robinson III, the handsome, charismatic scion of an Atlanta banking family. In 1977, CEO Robinson began a decade of overexpansion, surrounding himself with a cast of colorful, often hotheaded characters. Sanford I. Weill, a brazen Wall Street fighter, for a.".
• catalog description "Relations business, Linda Robinson has been called the Nancy Reagan of American Express, a savvy, behind-the-scenes powerbroker. By the early 1990s, Robinson was facing one crisis after another, including a merchant revolt against the green card, the failure of AmEx's widely touted Optima Card program, and unprecedented layoffs and write-offs that have left the company beleaguered and bewildered. House of Cards presents a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of each crisis.".
• catalog description "Time spearheaded AmEx's entree into the brokerage business; Peter A. Cohen was his temperamental lieutenant who led the company's star-crossed charge to take over RJR Nabisco. Edmond J. Safra, a mysterious international financier, found himself the victim of a vicious smear campaign after severing his AmEx ties. As his troubles worsened, Robinson's most loyal ally became his second wife, Linda Gosden Robinson. A celebrity in her own right who runs a controversial public.".
• catalog extent "272 p., [8] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0399136541 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Putnam,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "388/.041 20".
• catalog subject "American Express Company.".
• catalog subject "Credit cards United States.".
• catalog subject "Financial services industry United States.".
• catalog subject "HE5903.A55 M44 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Evil Empire -- 2. "Little Jimmy" -- 3. From the Pony Express to Platinum -- 4. Expansion Fever -- 5. The Buying Binge -- 6. Expansion Blues -- 7. Family Matters -- 8. The Fireman's Fund Fiasco -- 9. The Mysterious Edmond Safra -- 10. Power, Politics and Peter Cohen -- 11. The End of the Eighties -- 12. Primerica and the Price of Vanity -- 13. Credit and Credibility.".
• catalog title "House of cards : inside the troubled empire of American Express / Jon Friedman and John Meehan.".
• catalog type "text".