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The Match King

Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

The Match King( )
Author: Partnoy, Frank
Series title:Profile Ser.
ISBN:978-1-86197-966-7
Publication Date:Apr 2009
Publisher:Profile Books Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $49.99
Book Description:

The story opens with the purchase of a 9mm Browning at a small Paris gun shop by a man named Ivar Kreuger. The next morning, the world's leading bankers nervously waited to ask Ivar about some forged Italian bonds. Hours later, his dead body was discovered and the largest financial empire of the era collapsed.This book traces Ivar's meteoric rise from the obscurity of provincial Sweden, to become a construction mogul and then a global business oligarch. Ivar acquired match monopolies...
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