The Last Tycoons

WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD“Rips the roof off of one of Wall Street’s most storied investment banks.“ —Vanity Fair“Cohan’s portrayal of the firm’s dominant partners—whose gargantuan appetites and mercurial habits provide the unifying force behind the book’s operatic melodramas—makes this an epic … In fact, The Last Tycoons bears a striking resemblance to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon.”—The New York Times Book Review“Breezy and highly readable … For those of us who enjoy high-level gossip (most people) and an inside look at the machinations, triumphs, failures, and foibles of some of Wall Street’s and America’s most exalted personages, Cohan’s book is entertaining and seductively engrossing.”—Chicago Tribune“Cohan’s thoroughness—he interviewed over 100 current and former bankers and assorted bigwigs—unearths a trove of colourful titbits, many quite racy … Illuminating are Mr. Cohan’s descriptions of the scheming, politicking, and general dysfunction that was Lazard.”—The Economist “Cohan not only knows where the bodies are buried but got a guided tour of the graveyard.”—Financial Times“[The Last Tycoons] has sent a jolt through Lazard and the rest of Wall Street.”—The Wall Street Journal

WILLIAM D. COHAN was an award-winning investigative journalist before embarking on a seventeen-year career as an investment banker on Wall Street. He spent six years at Lazard Frères in New York and later became a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He is a graduate of Duke University and received both an MS from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and an MBA from its Graduate School of Business. He lives in New York City and Columbia County, New York.