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