Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG by Shelp Ron

Author:Shelp, Ron [Shelp, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography
ISBN: 9780470480021
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Goodreads: 7542929
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

There are endless stories about AIG’s overseas adventures that illustrate Greenberg’s caustic humor.AIG had a joint venture in Turkey with Turkish newspaper group Tom Ayat—the Turkish American Insurance Company. An internal audit indicated that the partners were stealing money. So Greenberg, John Roberts, and Ken Nottingham went to Istanbul. On arriving, an official from the company explained that the chairman had a serious heart condition, was in the hospital, and could have no visitors.The implication was clear:This status would continue as long as the AIG officials were there. So they went to dinner. Another official, Tyler, came and said there was something important he needed to talk to them about. Greenberg, who was in a foul mood, asked,“Why do we have to talk at dinner?” He kept saying it.Tyler explained that the company building was on fire and it looked like the building would burn down, destroying all records. So Greenberg said,“We might as well go home tomorrow—there is nothing left to salvage here.”

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