Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness

Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness

Like Michael Lewisâ€™s classic Liarâ€™s Poker, Jared Dillianâ€™s Street Freak takes us behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often hilarious corporate culture and offering a â€œcandid look at the demise of a corporate behemothâ€ (Publishers Weekly).

In the ultracompetitive Ivy League world of Wall Street, Jared Dillian was an outsider as an ex-military, working-class guy in a Menâ€™s Wearhouse suit. But he was scrappy and determined; in interviews he told potential managers that â€œNobody can work harder than me. Nobody is willing to put in the hours I will put in. I am insane.â€ As it turned out, at Lehman Brothers insanity was not an undesirable quality.

Dillian rose from green associate, checking IDs at the entrance to the trading floor in the paranoid days following 9/11, to become an integral part of Lehmanâ€™s culture in its final years as the firmâ€™s head Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) trader. More than $1 trillion in wealth passed through his hands, yet the extreme highs and lows of the trading floor masked and exacerbated the symptoms of Dillianâ€™s undiagnosed bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders, leading to a downward spiral that nearly ended his life.

In his electrifying and fresh voice, Dillian takes readers on a wild ride through madness and back.
Country USA
Brand MTV Books
Manufacturer MTV Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 610577
ReleaseDate 2012-09-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439181270

Country	USA
Brand	MTV Books
Manufacturer	MTV Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	610577
ReleaseDate	2012-09-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781439181270

Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness

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