They amassed unimaginable fortunes and would stop at nothing to make a deal,
until their titanic egos started to jeopardize everything. This is the
astonishing story of Lazard Freres, the world.s most elite and legendary
investment bank . and the men who reigned over it all.

For over 150 years Lazard Freres had stood apart from other Wall Street
firms by offering ultra-wealthy clients the wisdom of its .Great Men.: from
Felix Rohatyn, the escapee from Nazi-occupied France turned financial genius,
to Michel David-Weill, the inscrutable French billionaire .Sun King.; from
Steve Rattner, the boy wonder from Long Island who clashed violently with
the old guard, to larger-than-life CEO Bruce Wasserstein, .Bid-Em-Up Bruce.,
who broke with the bank.s traditions and made himself billions in the process.

In The Last Tycoons William Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street
banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story
of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, glamorous mistresses,
decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth.

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