Book description
The definitive, classic account of the fall of the House of Baring
and the ultimate rogue trader Nick Leeson.
John Gapper, Associate Editor of the Financial Times, and his
co-author Nicholas Denton, now founder of Gawker Media, interviewed
all the major players involved in the collapse of one of England's
oldest banks.
All That Glitters reveals the faustian deal struck between
the whizz-kid traders who seemed to be bringing in huge profits and
the grandies who were happy to pocket them without asking too many
questions. For the first time, the actions and motives of all the
participants are explained, including the final days when politicians
and bankers made a last-ditch attempt to save the bank, as well as
Nick Leeson's actions and motives.
John Gapper is Chief Business Commentator and Associate Editor of
the Financial Times. His awards include Business Commentator of
the Year at the 2011 Editorial Intelligence Awards and Best Columnist
in the 2011 Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards.
He was named one of GQ's 100 most influential men in Britain in
2009. He studied at Oxford University and the Wharton School. He is
author of How To Be A Rogue Trader (a Penguin Short ebook), as
well as a financial novel to be published by Random House US in 2012.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, the novelist Rosie
Dastgir, and their two daughters.
Nick Denton is founder of Gawker Media and Managing Editor of
Gawker. com. He was previously a writer for the Financial Times.
