Why should white guys have all the fun? :
Lewis, Reginald F.,
Why should white guys have all the fun? : how Reginald Lewis created a billion-dollar business empire / Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker. - New York : Wiley, 1995 - xvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
A kid from East Baltimore --
Lewis's "demon work ethic": the high school years --
"I'm going to be a millionaire": Lewis at Virginia State --
No application needed: breaking down the doors of Harvard Law --
Building his own law practice: the years of struggle --
"Masterful" man: winning Loida Nicolas --
"I was not ready" --
Drexel, the bear, and the $18 million race: closing the McCall pattern deal --
Piloting McCall pattern deal --
Piloting McCall for a 90-to-1 gain --
The biggest deal of all: the billion-dollar LBO of beatrice --
International headaches and domestic roadblocks. Bravura and brinksmanship: closing the beatrice acquisition --
Taming a business behemoth --
A door to a new universe --
Connoisseur, philanthropist, citizen of the world --
"I am not afraid of death."
0471042277 (acidfree paper) 9780471145608
African American businesspeople
Millionaires--United States
338.04092 / L5851
Why should white guys have all the fun? : how Reginald Lewis created a billion-dollar business empire / Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker. - New York : Wiley, 1995 - xvii, 318 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
A kid from East Baltimore --
Lewis's "demon work ethic": the high school years --
"I'm going to be a millionaire": Lewis at Virginia State --
No application needed: breaking down the doors of Harvard Law --
Building his own law practice: the years of struggle --
"Masterful" man: winning Loida Nicolas --
"I was not ready" --
Drexel, the bear, and the $18 million race: closing the McCall pattern deal --
Piloting McCall pattern deal --
Piloting McCall for a 90-to-1 gain --
The biggest deal of all: the billion-dollar LBO of beatrice --
International headaches and domestic roadblocks. Bravura and brinksmanship: closing the beatrice acquisition --
Taming a business behemoth --
A door to a new universe --
Connoisseur, philanthropist, citizen of the world --
"I am not afraid of death."
0471042277 (acidfree paper) 9780471145608
African American businesspeople
Millionaires--United States
338.04092 / L5851
