The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals by Frank Partnoy

The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

Frank Partnoy

272 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history informative slow-paced
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At the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish 'migr' Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies. His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression. Yet af...

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