Dick Fuld, ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers, the incarnation of the financial crisis

November 19, Carlos Ghosn, boss of all-powerful of the Alliance Renault-Nissan, was the jet of Nissan in the jails of Kosuge. Before him, other CEOS have crosse

Dick Fuld, ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers, the incarnation of the financial crisis

November 19, Carlos Ghosn, boss of all-powerful of the Alliance Renault-Nissan, was the jet of Nissan in the jails of Kosuge. Before him, other CEOS have crossed the few steps that separate the Capitol from the rock Tarpéienne. This series tells their story.

The bankruptcy of the bank Lehman Brothers, in this fateful 15 September 2008, triggering a real financial disaster in the world. The most serious since the Great Depression of 1929. Richard "Dick" Fuld, former strong man, who had made it in a few years a rival of Goldman Sachs, embodies then the excesses of the finance and cynical greed of Wall Street bankers. The one who was nicknamed, at the time of his glory, "the gorilla" for his management brutal, presents itself as "the most hated man in America".

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The fate of Lehman Brothers and its role in the crisis are intimately related to Dick Fuld, who headed the bank for sixteen years. Born in New York in 1946 in a ...

Date Of Update: 25 August 2019, 00:00
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