"In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG-- the American insurance behemoth-- was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis-- the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling AIG from the brink of financial collapse and restoring...

Chronicles the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of open markets everywhere in the world, with riveting vignettes of how AIG grew from a modest group of insurance enterprises in 1970 to the largest insurance company in world history. The authors illustrate AIG's distinctive entrepreneurial culture and how its outstanding employees worldwide helped pave the road to globalization. Integral is the authors' well-informed take on the...

"Author Ronald Shelp, who worked alongside Maurice Greenberg and within the American International Group for many years, sheds light on both AIG, the company, and Greenberg, the man. Readers will be taken inside a world where meetings with presidents, spies, and leading investment figures are all part of doing business."--Jacket.