I love capitalism! an American story

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone has seen it all on his way from childhood poverty to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. This story of his unlikely rise and controversial career is also a passionate defense of the American Dream -- of preserving a country in which any hungry kid can reach the m...

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Main Author: Langone, Kenneth G. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
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Summary: Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone has seen it all on his way from childhood poverty to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. This story of his unlikely rise and controversial career is also a passionate defense of the American Dream -- of preserving a country in which any hungry kid can reach the maximum potential of his or her talents and work ethic. Langone shows how he struggled to get an education, break into Wall Street, and scramble for an MBA at night while competing with privileged competitors by day. He shares how he learned how to evaluate what a business is worth and apply his street smarts to 8-figure and 9-figure deals. And he's not shy about discussing, for the first time, his epic legal and PR battle with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. His ultimate theme is that free enterprise is the key to giving everyone a leg up. As he writes: This book is my love song to capitalism. Capitalism works! And I'm living proof -- it works for everybody. Blacks and whites and browns and everyone in between. Absolutely anybody is entitled to dream big, and absolutely everybody should dream big. I did. Show me where the silver spoon was in my mouth. I've got to argue profoundly and passionately: I'm the American Dream."
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: xv, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780735216242
073521624X
Author Notes: Ken Langone is an American businessman and philanthropist from Roslyn Heights, New York. He received a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business. He is a co-founder of Home Depot and the founder and chairman of Invemed Associates LLC. He serves on the Board of Overseers of the Stern School and on the Board of Trustees of New York University, as well as serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York University Medical Center. In addition, he serves on the boards of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Ronald McDonald House of NY, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Horatio Alger Society Foundation, and the Harlem Children's Zone and its charter school, the Promise Academy. He is the author of I Love Capitalism!: An American Story.

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