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28, 2003
An Evening with Gary Weiss, author of “Born to Steal:
The Mafia’s Influence on Wall Street”
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"Born
To Steal", by Gary Weiss. |
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Kellogg
alumni and members of the Medill Club of Greater New York
gathered on a late May evening to hear from Gary Weiss (Medill
’76), author of the recently published and much heralded
“Born To Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street”.
This book has received rave reviews recognizing its witty
description of the complex, difficult—and often violent—marriage
of the Mob and Wall Street. “Born to Steal” focuses
on one particular youthful broker, a street kid from Staten
Island who sold his soul to the Mob. During Wall Street's
last big bull market, there were brokers in $3,000 suits,
billion-dollar IPOs, and 30-year-olds making $100,000 a month.
And then there was Louis Pasciuto, who came from Staten Island
at the age of 19 and discovered one indelible truth about
himself: he was born to steal. This is the astounding, true
story of the rise and fall of this fast-talking, street-smart
wise guy, as well as the insidious ways the Mob infiltrates,
then controls, part of Wall Street. Weiss described the inside
story of how “Born to Steal” came into being as
well as the surprising lessons that the Mob has to teach us
legitimate folks—on subjects ranging from public relations
to the virtues of a decentralized chain of command. Weiss
is an award-winning veteran investigative reporter for Business
Week magazine. His articles on organized crime and stock fraud
won praise from FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, who said that
Weiss's articles were instrumental in focusing law enforcement
attention on the problem of Mob infiltration of brokerage
firms, and directly led to indictments and convictions. Special
thanks to Dan Williams ’99 for planning this event,
and Lauren Young, Medill ’93, for introducing KACNY
to Gary Weiss.
See the
photo gallery for
this event. |
May
14, 2003
An Evening with Best Selling Author Tony Schwartz
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"The
Power of Full Engagement", by Tony Schwartz. |
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Approximately
115 New York area alumni of the Kellogg, Columbia and Harvard
business schools and members of The Williams Club came together
in early May to learn the secrets of achieving peak performance
through “The Power of Full Engagement” from best-selling
author Tony Schwartz. The simple truth at the center of this
New York Times best-selling business book “The Power
of Full Engagement” is that the secret to lasting success
lies in how we manage our energy, not our time. While the
number of hours in a day is fixed, the quantity and quality
of energy available to us is not. This is a phenomenal insight
that has the power to revolutionize the way you live your
life, allowing you to expand your energy and raise your performance
and productivity to new heights. Dozens of Fortune 500 companies—from
Estee Lauder to Merrill Lynch to Morgan Stanley to Pepsi—have
paid thousands of dollars to send their executives through
this program, but approximately 110 attendees of this event
learned highlights of the program through the evening's presentation.
Special thanks to Dan Williams ’99 for planning this
event.
See the
photo gallery for
this event. |
