Gerald Ronson by Gerald Ronson
In Gerald Ronson- Leading from the Front, the last of the great British tycoons reveals how he fought his way to the top of the business ladder, lost everything twice, then clawed his way back up again. Amazingly for a man who now holds an iconic status in British business, Ronson quit school before his 15th birthday to work with his father in the family s furniture factory, and as a young boy he and his friends were street fighters, using their fists to take on the British fascist movement. This propelled him into a role as a leader in the country s Jewish community, and he is now considered to be the most influential secular Jew in the UK. Ronson will forever be associated with the famous Guinness Affair, which was the biggest financial scandal of the 80s. He was found guilty after a media circus of a trial in which the cards were stacked against him, and he spent six months in jail. After Guinness, which Ronson calls the greatest crisis in his life, he suffered a major financial crash that ne
Gerald Ronson is an international property and petrol station magnate, and is one of the most notable philanthropists in Britain. Jeffrey Robinson is the bestselling author of The Sink, The Merger and The Laundrymen, which first brought to the world's attention the problems of money laundering.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845965303 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845965302 |
| Title | Gerald Ronson |
| Author | Gerald Ronson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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