I enjoy reading inspiring stories about geniuses because they make me think/fancy and afterward learn things, just like "Smartest Guys in the Room", and here, "the Last Tycoons".
From its founding in last century, Lazard, as a leader of M&A in the financial market, has always been attracting the most intellectual people in US and Europe. The one taught himself M&A, brought mega-deals to the firm, and made himself a hero by saving NYC government from its bankruptcy. The media-savvy young man generated huge deals in the media industry, and successfully expanded his visibility and reputation in the firm and wall street in a way only possible for a NYT veteran. Yet they were so human: bad-tempered, never stopping pursuing money, power and women.
The book is about the history of a prestigious firm, as well as a bunch of geniuses so driven by their instinct desires.
