Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? (eBook)

How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire

Reginald F. Lewis, Blair S. Walker (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
318 Seiten
Black Classic Press (Verlag)
978-1-57478-053-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? is the inspiring story of Reginald Lewis: lawyer, Wall Street wizard, philanthropist and the wealthiest black man in American history.When six-year-old Reginald Lewis overheard his grandparents discussing employment discrimination against African Americans, he asked, Why should white guys have all the fun?"e; This self-assured child would grow up to become the CEO of Beatrice International and one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated in excess of $400 million and his vast commercial empire spanned four continents. Despite the notoriety surrounding Lewis's financial coups, little has been written about the life of this remarkable man. Based on Lewis's unfinished autobiography, as well as scores of interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, the book cuts through the myth and media hype to reveal the man behind the legend. What emerges is a vivid portrait of a proud, fiercely determined individual with a razor-sharp tongue and an intellect to match who would settle for nothing less than excellence from himself and others.

Autor

Reginald F. Lewis was chairman, chief executive officer, and principle shareholder of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., until his untimely death of brain cancer in January 1993. He was fifty years old when he died.Blair Walker is a former financial reporter with USA Today. He has been writing professionaly since 1980. He has been an editor with New York Newsday and the Washington Post, and has been a reporter witht he 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. He currently lives with his family in Columbia, Maryland.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 1-57478-053-0 / 1574780530
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57478-053-6 / 9781574780536