Discussion Materials, Bill Keenan
Discussion Materials, Bill Keenan
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Discussion Materials
Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker

Author: Bill Keenan

Narrator: Roger Wayne

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 12/08/2020


Synopsis

A newly-minted MBA recounts his first years as a Wall Street investment banker—unredacted.

Discussion Materials gives the listener an honest look at Wall Street from someone in the trenches. After graduating from Columbia Business School, Bill Keenan joined Deutsche Bank's investment banking division as an associate where despotic superiors (and the blinking red light of his BlackBerry) instilled low-level terror on an hourly basis. You'll join him in his cubicle on the 44th floor of 60 Wall Street as he scrambles to ensure floating bar charts are the correct shade of orange and all numbers are left-aligned, but whatever you do, don't ask him what any of it means. Leaning heavily on his fellow junior bankers and the countless outsourcing resources the bank employs, he slowly develops proficiency at the job, eventually gaining traction and respect, one deal at a time, over a two-year span, ultimately cementing his legacy in the group by attaining the unattainable—placing a dinner order on Seamless one Sunday night at work from Hwa Yuan Szechuan amounting to $25.00 (tax and tip included), the bank's maximum allowance for meals—the perfect order.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Derek on May 04, 2020

From a former investment banker - Keenan has written our generations’ version of Liar’s Poker. And it is hilariously written (very accurate as well)!......more

Goodreads review by Gilad on November 28, 2022

This is an awesome book to whoever is interested or been through investment banking, except for the ending, which is… not existing. The writer tells the horror stories from his time as a junior investment banker, but the story ends at the associate level. There is no epilog and we have no idea what h......more

Goodreads review by Tim on September 14, 2020

Fantastic, enjoyed every minute and hated for it to end The most entertaining book I have read in years. Bill is a fantastic author with an amazing memory for detail and a great sense of humor - had me laughing out loud thru much of the book. This is a must read for anyone in the investment field who......more

Goodreads review by Liam on January 30, 2023

For anyone that works in Investment Banking and understands the outrageous stuff that goes, this book is a god send. Honestly has improved my day to day work life and just allowed me to further laugh at the meme at a regular day.......more

Goodreads review by NewNobodyAccount on October 17, 2024

This is the only book on IB you will ever need to read, especially if you're an MBA student thinking IB is your future and will land you a CEO position someday. Banking sucks. You learn plenty, but at what costs? I currently work in finance and deal with P/E shits all the time... including the ones a......more