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The Dealmaker
- Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
- Narrated by: Simon Shepherd, Guy Hands - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
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An inside account of the multibillion-pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art of deal-making.
The Dealmaker is a frank and honest account of how a severely dyslexic child who struggled at school went on to graduate from Oxford and become a serial entrepreneur.
It describes Guy Hand's career in private equity, first at Nomura and then as head of his own company, Terra Firma. It looks in detail at the huge deals that Terra Firma has done over the years, involving everything from cinema chains and pubs to waste management, aircraft leasing and green energy. And it offers a brutally honest appraisal of the one deal that turned sour - the acquisition of multinational music recording and publishing company EMI in 2007, just as a global financial crash loomed on the horizon. Above all, it takes the listener inside the previously very secretive world of private equity, explaining how this multibillion-pound sector operates and providing audio portraits of some of the larger-than-life figures who people it.
Both insightful and engaging, it will prove inspirational and essential listening for all those concerned with or interested in the world of investment.
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- Dr Karim Amer
- 15-05-23
A wonderful story, filled with relevant business lessons
Wonderfully written and extremely interesting throughout. A must listen for those interested in the private equity.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-01-24
Rare insight
An opportunity to learn from a Master. what ambitious and hard work really mean. A very personal view
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- J. Hughes
- 03-06-22
Interesting, but not inspiring.
I revered Guy, knew of him, knew of his works. It’s amazing motivation of a man clearly motivated to make something great, no matter the cost. Very interesting biographical story.
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- Mr M A Williams
- 06-01-23
Enjoyed this
Really enjoyed this one. Open and honest and plenty to get you thinking about your own approach to business.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-02-23
Guy Hands - The Dealmaker
Top Quality Audible book - highly recommend from business and personal views from Guy Funny at points!
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- enzo
- 12-05-22
Honest and brave, An inspiring recollection.
This is a brave book, where humility and pride are well balanced. It will inspire people with challenging childhoods and or learning challenges but also remind all readers that universal characteristics such as hard work, discipline, determination and ambition are a pre-requisite for any significant achievement. Simon Shepard's narration is also first class..
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- Benjamin Long
- 04-01-23
Interesting if you like private equity
Some ropey production and sound at times but good yarns about his career in private equity. Probably an apology.
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- jdp
- 11-07-23
Boring and forgettable
Fairly boring and difficult to get through, comprised largely of thinly-veiled self-aggrandisement and self-congratulations.
Perhaps the takeaway here is that if you can sell art door-to-door, then you can probably also convince wealthy fools to pay you 2% to gamble with their capital.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-23
Loved this audiobook
Great story
Insightful
Good life lessons
Done it in two days. Returning from jersey to Glasgow in my car.
I’m a chef and took a lot from the audiobook.
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- Ben Preston
- 25-04-23
Interesting story, annoying narration
Great to hear Mr Hands’s story in his own words. But I found it hard not to be distracted by the annoying narration. Read like it’s a bedtime story. And done in the modern style replete with supposedly dramatic pauses for intakes of breath after every preposition and half way though every infinitive. Ugh
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