Liberty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 [amazonsearch]The AIG Story[/amazonsearch] Has anyone here read it yet? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Nobody has even started it? Will all the AIG owners here, I'm sure someone has some feedback :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Got this in the mail today. Guess I'll find out for myself if it's good or not. :P Will report here when I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcollon Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm really enjoying this book. It's a lot of history, but I have enjoyed learning even more about the origins and original structure of AIG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Got this in the mail today. Guess I'll find out for myself if it's good or not. :P Will report here when I'm done. Liberty, thoughts on the book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Got this in the mail today. Guess I'll find out for myself if it's good or not. :P Will report here when I'm done. Liberty, thoughts on the book? I've read about 1/3 of it and then set it aside to focus on a few other books (I tend to always read a few things in parallel). So far, I feel like I've learned a lot about Greenberg and how he got his start in the business and how AIG was formed, but not so much about the current incarnation of the company, so there are very few useful insights so far. Maybe that'll come later in the book.. It does sound a bit like "Hank the super genius who saw what nobody else saw and made it work through sheer hard work and determination" at times, and I'm not sure if it's getting into hagiography territory or if it's just a fair description of how good Greenberg is (was?). It's not written in the most griping style, but it's not terrible either. I'm witholding judgement for now, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiroy Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I've read this one http://www.amazon.com/Fallen-Giant-Amazing-Greenberg-History/dp/0470480025/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1379998540&sr=8-2&keywords=The+AIG+Story The first version, though, which is from 2006 ... :o The 2nd ed is from 2009, a world apart. In the first half of the book the author writes about the history of AIG starting in 1919 in Shanghai with C. V. Starr, his entrepreneurial spirit, the historical background at the time, going through the war, communists take over and so on. I found it to be both interesting and entertaining. Greenberg gets his own credit later on. I wonder how much weight Starr gets in Greenberg's own book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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