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- catalog abstract ""In 1994, Jean-Marie Messier, a French businessman, had a dream: to transform a 150-year-old French water company into one of the world's leading media empires. Over the next eight years he would spend more than $100 billion building Vivendi Universal, the only serious European challenger to the US giants of the media industry." "Messier would become the first French media mogul, a CEO superstar for the twenty-first century. At the height of his triumph, he was a poster boy for the New Economy, revered on Wall Street and in the City of London as the undisputed king of a new generation of young, dynamic and outward-looking European business leaders." "By 2002, Vivendi Universal straddled the Atlantic. Its holdings included music, publishing, telecoms, TV, video games, cinema, the Internet, theme parks, commuter trains, water suppliers and waste management. But as quickly as the empire rose, it came crashing down. As the financial markets turned against him, Messier found it difficult to manage not only his debts but also his own outsized media profile." "Messier finally fell in July 2002 in a boardroom coup sanctioned by the French establishment and the financial markets that had once worshipped him. As the crisis in capitalism swept from Wall Street to Europe, Vivendi came within hours of bankruptcy and was forced into a fire sale of its media jewels to survive." "Jo Johnson and Marline Orange's portrait of one of today's most brilliant and flawed businessmen is a real-life morality tale of our times. It also goes beyond the story of one man's hubris and provides a gripping insight into the changing face of international business in the global economy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13015267.
- catalog contributor b13015268.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In 1994, Jean-Marie Messier, a French businessman, had a dream: to transform a 150-year-old French water company into one of the world's leading media empires. Over the next eight years he would spend more than $100 billion building Vivendi Universal, the only serious European challenger to the US giants of the media industry." "Messier would become the first French media mogul, a CEO superstar for the twenty-first century. At the height of his triumph, he was a poster boy for the New Economy, revered on Wall Street and in the City of London as the undisputed king of a new generation of young, dynamic and outward-looking European business leaders." "By 2002, Vivendi Universal straddled the Atlantic. Its holdings included music, publishing, telecoms, TV, video games, cinema, the Internet, theme parks, commuter trains, water suppliers and waste management. But as quickly as the empire rose, it came crashing down. As the financial markets turned against him, Messier found it difficult to manage not only his debts but also his own outsized media profile." "Messier finally fell in July 2002 in a boardroom coup sanctioned by the French establishment and the financial markets that had once worshipped him. As the crisis in capitalism swept from Wall Street to Europe, Vivendi came within hours of bankruptcy and was forced into a fire sale of its media jewels to survive." "Jo Johnson and Marline Orange's portrait of one of today's most brilliant and flawed businessmen is a real-life morality tale of our times. It also goes beyond the story of one man's hubris and provides a gripping insight into the changing face of international business in the global economy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A Perfect Frenchman -- In Medias Res -- Hurry Up Please, It's Time -- Bonjour Hollywood! -- Maitre du Monde -- Vivendi Freres -- The French Exception -- Speeding Up -- Claude and the Boys -- Vivendi vs. Universal -- The Last Days of J6M.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-254) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 268 p. :".
- catalog identifier "159184018X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Portfolio,".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "338.8/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Bronfman family.".
- catalog subject "Businessmen Canada Biography.".
- catalog subject "Businessmen France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Conglomerate corporations Canada.".
- catalog subject "Conglomerate corporations France.".
- catalog subject "Consolidation and merger of corporations Canada Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Consolidation and merger of corporations France Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Consolidation and merger of corporations United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "HC272.5.M48 J64 2003".
- catalog subject "Messier, Jean-Marie, 1956-".
- catalog subject "Seagram Company History.".
- catalog subject "Universal Pictures (Firm)".
- catalog subject "Vivendi (Firm) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A Perfect Frenchman -- In Medias Res -- Hurry Up Please, It's Time -- Bonjour Hollywood! -- Maitre du Monde -- Vivendi Freres -- The French Exception -- Speeding Up -- Claude and the Boys -- Vivendi vs. Universal -- The Last Days of J6M.".
- catalog title "The man who tried to buy the world : Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal / Jo Johnson and Martine Orange.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".