Masters of the Universe

Meet the men and minds that have ignited the greatest decade of deal making in the history of business<p>In the 1980s Tom Wolfe coined the term masters of the universe for hard-charging Wall Streeters. In the '90s that term is applied broadly to the takeover pros behind a decade of stunning mergers and acquisitions. The decade produced more than $8 trillion in M&A far more than the $2.4 trillion in the decade of greed. Daniel J. Kadlec <em>Time</em> magazine's Wall Street columnist quizzed nine top guns about the strategies they used to pull off the greatest deals in history. The result is a penetrating portrait of how business is done at its highest level with insights and lessons for everyone. <em>Masters Of the Universe</em> will open your eyes to the brave new world of deal making.</p><p>The Deal Makers</p><ul><li>Hugh McColl with his gripping tale of buying BankAmerica<li>Sandy Weill on how he pulled off the Citicorp-Travelers merger<li>Stephen Bollenbach on the rocky road to breaking up Marriott Corp.<li>Carl Icahn with the inside story of his showdown with Texaco<li>Gary Wilson on buying Northwest Airlines<li>Ted Forstmann on surviving and then thriving with Gulfstream Joe Rice on his signature deal carving Lexmark out of IBM Henry Silverman on his groundbreaking purchase of Avis</li></ul>