King of capital. The story of an incredible take -off, falling and revival of Steve Schwartzman and Blackstone

The book tells about Blackstone - the world"s largest private investment company and about the impressive ascent of it to the business Olympus. This is not another American success story, but the annals of the financial revolution that transformed Wall Street and had a significant impact on the world economy.
Authors - well -known American journalists specializing in the coverage of events taking place in the market of direct investment and the mergers and acquisitions - recreate the chronicle of the amazing transformation of Schwarzman from a modest banking employee into a multimilliarder, King of Capital. Based on the facts, readers will be able to compose their own idea of ​​whether Blackstone really and similar participants in the direct investment market use the acquired companies for their own enrichment or, conversely, strengthen them and make competitive ones.
The book will be interesting to a wide circle of readers