Publisher's Synopsis
""Krueger: Genius and Swindler"" by Robert Shaplen is a biography of Ivar Kreuger, a Swedish businessman who became one of the most successful and infamous financial figures of the early 20th century. Kreuger was a master of finance and invented a system of international credit that allowed him to make fortunes in the 1920s and 1930s. He became known as the ""Match King"" for his control of the global match industry. However, Kreuger's empire was built on a foundation of fraud and deception, and when his schemes began to unravel in the early 1930s, it triggered a financial crisis that had global repercussions. The book details Kreuger's rise to power, his complex relationships with politicians and financiers, and his eventual downfall. Shaplen's account is a fascinating portrait of a man who was both a financial genius and a criminal mastermind.Story Of The Fabulous Financier Who Made Millions From Matches.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
