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Rise and Fall of Alan Bond BARRY, PAUL
Australia Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) 1991 1863590374 / 9781863590372
illustrations When Alan Bond won the America's Cup in 1983, Australia celebrated and welcomed him as a hero. Now, seven years later, the nation's most famous entrepreneur has become almost a villain. His empire is in ruins, he owes billions of dollars to the banks, and a special investigation has started into his business dealings. THE RISE AND FALL OF ALAN BOND is the story of how we made this man a hero and why he fell from grace. It is also the story of an era-- when Greed was Good; when banks blindly lent billions of dollars to Australia's high-flying entrepreneurs to build their paper empires. Smiling, loud-mouthed, uncomplicated, almost always cheerful, Alan Bond was a rags-to-riches success, a role model for young Australians. The poor immigrant-turned-signwriter who became a multi-millionaire was living proof that, for those who worked hard and believed in themselves, Australia was the land of opportunity. But there was another Alan Bond-- the one who didn't care a damn for the rules, the one who manufactured profits, the one who paid himself massive fees for services of doubtful value.
Award-winning ABC-TV FOUR CORNERS reporter Paul Barry made headlines in 1989 with his dramatic revelations about Bond Corporation's business deals and its Cook Islands tax schemes. Now he traces Alan Bond's scramble to the top of the pile, how he plundered his public companies and how the banks and corporate regulators let him do it. But the THE RISE AND FALL OF ALAN BOND is not just about a business empire; it is about the man and what drives him on. It is about a boy who longed to see his name in lights, who was desperate to be accepted by establishment, who wanted to be Sir Alan.
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Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer BARRY, PAUL
Australia Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) 1994 1863593381 / 9781863593380 First Edition Paperback
24 b&w photos Kerry Packer is Australia's richest and most powerful man, with a media empire worth $3000 million. He is also a very private person. His friends generally refuse to speak about him, while his employees and rivals don't dare. But what is he really like and where did he come from? In this the first book ever written about the man and his family, Paul Barry charts the Packer dynasty's unstoppable rise to power. The Packers have always made enemies and almost always had their way with the world. Buccaneers in business, Kerry's grandfather, R.C. Packer, and father, Frank, had a reputation for hot temper and bullying, but they also inspired great loyalty. Big figures on the political scene, they used their papers unashamedly to make and break governments. Yet Kerry is infinitely more powerful than they ever were. Politicians come to him to ask him what he wants. As a child, Kerry was considered an idiot by his schoolmates and family. Called 'boofhead' by his father, he was never encouraged to smile on himself or the world. Now, having massively increased the family fortune, he is said to be lonely, unhappy and easily bored.Two years of intensive research and hundreds of interviews make THE RISE AND RISE OF KERRY PACKER a compelling biography of Australia's least understood tycoon.
But above all, it is a disturbing portrait of power in Australia and how it can be used.
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Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer BARRY, PAUL
Australia Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) 1994 1863593381 / 9781863593380 First Edition Paperback
24 b&w photos Good condition size 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Kerry Packer is Australia's richest and most powerful man, with a media empire worth $3000 million. He is also a very private person. His friends generally refuse to speak about him, while his employees and rivals don't dare. But what is he really like and where did he come from? In this the first book ever written about the man and his family, Paul Barry charts the Packer dynasty's unstoppable rise to power. The Packers have always made enemies and almost always had their way with the world. Buccaneers in business, Kerry's grandfather, R.C. Packer, and father, Frank, had a reputation for hot temper and bullying, but they also inspired great loyalty. Big figures on the political scene, they used their papers unashamedly to make and break governments. Yet Kerry is infinitely more powerful than they ever were. Politicians come to him to ask him what he wants. As a child, Kerry was considered an idiot by his schoolmates and family. Called 'boofhead' by his father, he was never encouraged to smile on himself or the world. Now, having massively increased the family fortune, he is said to be lonely, unhappy and easily bored.Two years of intensive research and hundreds of interviews make THE RISE AND RISE OF KERRY PACKER a compelling biography of Australia's least understood tycoon.
But above all, it is a disturbing portrait of power in Australia and how it can be used.
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