What It Takes

What It Takes Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition

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People know who Stephen Schwarzman is -- at least they think they do. He's the man who took $400,000 and co-founded Blackstone, the investment firm that manages over $500 billion (as of January 2019). He's the billionaire philanthropist who founded Schwarzman Scholars, this century's version of the Rhodes Scholarship, in China. But behind these achievements is a man who has spent his life learning and reflecting on what it takes to achieve excellence, make an impact, and live a life of consequence. Folding handkerchiefs in his father's linen shop, Schwarzman dreamed of a larger life, filled with purpose and adventure. His grades and athleticism got him into Yale. After starting his career in finance with a short stint at a financial firm called DLJ, Schwarzman began working at Lehman Brothers, where he ascended to run the mergers and acquisitions practice. He eventually partnered with his mentor and friend Pete Peterson to found Blackst

Book information

ISBN: 9781501158148
Publisher: Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Imprint: Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Pub date:
Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition
DEWEY: 658.42092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: vi, 378
Weight: 665g
Height: 235mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 35mm