The Elephant Hunters: Chronicles of the Moneymen

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
About the Authors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 The Elephant and the Hunter......Page 16
In the beginning......Page 21
Dawn of the hunt......Page 23
The East India trading companies......Page 24
Tulipomania......Page 25
The South Sea bubble......Page 26
John Law and the Mississippi bubble......Page 27
Wall Street and the crash of 1929......Page 28
Twentieth-century hunting......Page 30
Modern-day moneymen......Page 31
2 Becoming a Hunter......Page 36
Entry route one: the 5.30 a.m. interview......Page 38
Entry route two: next steps......Page 41
Entry route three: pure luck......Page 43
What employers look for......Page 45
Moneyman's self-actualization pyramid......Page 46
3 Staking the Claim......Page 53
Meet your boss, win their respect......Page 54
Drink responsibly......Page 57
Know your bosses......Page 60
Enjoy the grind......Page 61
Make friends early, make more money later......Page 63
The importance of meetings......Page 64
Are you a Sherpa or a Scout?......Page 66
4 First Blood......Page 69
The art of the deal......Page 72
The experience of the first kill......Page 82
5 Anatomy of the Hunt......Page 88
The jungle......Page 89
The media......Page 92
Regulators......Page 94
Entrepreneurs and shareholders......Page 96
The hunt: initiation......Page 97
The hunt: creation......Page 98
The hunt: capture......Page 99
Long hours is the life......Page 100
The crackberry......Page 101
The support staff......Page 104
6 The Hunt That Goes Wrong......Page 107
Bloodletting of the hunter......Page 109
Nature and the hunter......Page 112
Reading the runes......Page 113
Baring Brothers......Page 117
20/20 hindsight......Page 119
The root of all evil......Page 120
A Powerbitch defined......Page 123
Where did she come from?......Page 126
The Powerbitch in her hunt......Page 130
Man vs. Powerbitch......Page 134
With child, husband and home......Page 136
Have everything, yet nothing......Page 138
8 The Huntmaster and His Throne......Page 142
The greats......Page 143
Pre-policy design......Page 147
Hallmarks of huntmasters......Page 150
Shysters......Page 151
Short and distort vs. pump and dump......Page 153
Fairness and power......Page 154
Wanted intervention......Page 158
Limits of power......Page 159
Wesley......Page 161
Alfie......Page 162
John......Page 163
Reflection 1: regret......Page 164
Reflection 2: lost......Page 167
Reflection 3: legacy......Page 170
Reflection 4: opportunity......Page 171
Reflection 5: forever refreshed......Page 174
Conclusion......Page 176
Notes......Page 178
E......Page 182
M......Page 183
S......Page 184
W......Page 185