In this fast-moving, behind-the -scenes business memoir, Ben Mezrich traces his meteoric rise, which began at Harvard Business School, continued in the high-pressure world of New York's mercantile exchange, and which soon brought him to major cities of the new global economy, including Dubai and Beijing. Mezrich tells how deals are really made, and how the rock star lifestyle combines with the high-stakes, and sometimes very danger-filled, world of high finance and risk.

Documents the rags-to-riches story of David Russo, who took on old-world hierarchies to build an energy exchange in the Middle East at considerable personal risk, in an account that traces his disadvantaged youth, Harvard education, and rising influence on the international oil trade. 150,000 first printing.

Documents the rags-to-riches story of David Russo, who took on old-world hierarchies to build an energy exchange in the Middle East at considerable personal risk, in an account that traces his disadvantaged youth, Harvard education, and rising influence on the international oil trade. 150,000 first printing.