The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Make
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- Book Title
- The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Grea
- Genre
- Business & Money
- ISBN
- 9780062456779
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There were no tycoons in Kirk's family tree. His immigrant father, an illiterate farmer and fruit peddler, was in constant financial trouble. Kirk learned English and how to brawl growing up in Los Angeles. Eviction was a recurring family predicament. He said he studied in the school of hard knocks. It turned out to be an advanced course in survival and the value of trust, loyalty, and hard work. He avoided press interviews most of his life, making him appear reclusive. He hated being compared to the hermitlike Howard Hughes, whom he otherwise admired. Kirk had a thriving social life with celebrity friends and business associates-among them Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Tony Curtis. He was often noted in news and gossip columns attending charity and other public events. He double-dated with Cary Grant, and their families vacationed together. Fellow casino owner Donald Trump called Kirk "the king" and told friends: "I love that guy." Kirk was, however, Trump's polar opposite in style and temperament. Kirk was soft-spoken and understated with a paralyzing fear of public speaking. He wished, he said, that he "could talk like Trump." Kirk also wanted his name on nothing-not on buildings, not on street signs, not even on his personal parking spot at MGM Studios. And Kirk never defaulted on a loan and always regarded his handshake as a binding contrast. Kirk traveled without an entourage. He carried his own bags and drove his own car, typically a Ford Taurus or Jeep Cherokee. He jogged the streets of Beverly Hills and walked to lunches without a bodyguard. He refused comps, personally paying for meals and rooms even at his own hotels. Once after a business trip to New York, Kirk was halfway to LaGuardia Airport when he ordered his driver back into the city. He had forgotten to tip the maids at The Pierre hotel. He gave away millions to charity and to people in need on the strict condition that his gifts were kept secret. When his donations grew into the tens of millions, he formed a charitable foundation. It gave away more than a billion dollars, much of it to his ancestral homeland alter a deadly earthquake. In Armenia, Kirk Kerkorian is regarded as one of the saints, but at his insistence there are no monuments to his lavish generosity. The master deal maker would finally meet his biggest negotiating challenge, but not in business and well into his eighties. A charming former tennis pro would trick him into believing he was the father of her baby, force him into a courtroom, and strip him of his most cherished asset-his privacy. "Never look back," Kirk liked to counsel. But in the end, he reflected on what mattered most in his life. It was neither his successes nor his disappointments. It was the thrill of the risk. "Life is a big craps game," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I've got to tell you, it's all been fun."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062456776
ISBN-13
9780062456779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234911464
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Publication Name
Gambler : How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
Language
English
Subject
General, Business
Publication Year
2018
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Référence
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2017-278417
Reviews
Chockablock with dialogue and intimate detail assembled by deep research... All sorts of celebrities--in business, sports, and elsewhere--glide through the text... [The Gambler] is the compelling story of a Horatio Alger., "Gripping and fast-moving... the reporting and the level of detail are astounding... a riveting picture of a figure the world does not know very well, but should." -- Washington Post "Rempel assembles a dizzying amount of information about the deals that made [Kerkorian] one of the richest men in America... Now in this most exhaustive biography, he remains as he was in life, a man of great wealth, power, honor, and mystery." -- New York Journal of Books "The book provides a remarkably detailed and fascinating look at the career of an idiosyncratic tycoon." -- Booklist "Chockablock with dialogue and intimate detail assembled by deep research... All sorts of celebrities--in business, sports, and elsewhere--glide through the text... [The Gambler] is the compelling story of a Horatio Alger." -- Kirkus Reviews "an engrossing story of a self-made man." -- Publishers Weekly "I recommend that every Armenian buy a copy of Kirk's biography and suggest it to their non-Armenian neighbors, friends and colleagues. Kerkorian's incredible accomplishments bestow a great honor upon Armenians worldwide!" -- The California Courier "A fast-moving, dramatic narrative of [Kerkorian's] larger-than-life business career." -- Washington Times "The Gambler is an excellent tour de force biography of a true rags-to-riches impressario... A class act of a biography! -- Seattle Book Review "Informative and entertaining...Rempel's The Gambler does justice to Kerkorian's life and legacy." -- CDC Gaming Reports, Inc. "With The Gambler, Rempel has done Las Vegas and a generation of business entrepreneurs a great service, adding rich detail to the business titan's deals and controversies. Kerkorian's life is a reminder of how far Americans can go" -- KNPR
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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hc102.5
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