Greg Steinmetz Livres

From an acclaimed financial historian comes the first ever biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to rethink its free-for-all culture and institute its first... číst celé

"In the days when Columbus sailed the ocean and Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, a German banker named Jacob Fugger became the richest man in history. Fugger lived in Germany at the turn of the sixteenth century, the grandson of a peasant. By the time he died, his fortune amounted to nearly two percent of European GDP. In an era when kings had unlimited power, Fugger dared to stare down heads of state and ask them to pay back their loans--with interest. It was this coolness and self-assurance, along with his inexhaustible ambition, that made him not only the richest man ever, but a force of history as well. Before Fugger came along it was illegal under church law to charge interest on loans, but he got the Pope to change that. He also helped trigger the Reformation and likely funded Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe. His creation of a news service gave him an information edge over his rivals and customers and earned Fugger a footnote in the history of journalism. And he took Austria’s Habsburg family from being second-tier sovereigns to rulers of the first empire where the sun never set."--Provided by publisher.

Kto je najbohatší muž všetkých čias? Mark Zuckerberg? Elon Musk? Bill Gates? Ani náhodou. Ponorme sa hlbšie do dejín a spoznajte Jakoba Fuggera, najväčšieho bankára a obchodníka všetkých čias. Po jeho smrti v roku 1525 tvoril jeho majetok približne 2% celoeurópskej hospodárskej produkcie, čo je nepredstaviteľné bohatstvo. Fuggerova moc bola prakticky neobmedzená; vybudoval obrovské impérium, ktoré mu umožnilo presadiť zmeny v cirkevnej politike a dokonca hroziť exekúciou cisárovi. Greg Steinmetz, novinár a analytik z Wall Street, vytvoril výnimočný portrét tohto najbohatšieho a najvplyvnejšieho podnikateľa v dejinách, pričom ukazuje, ako obrovská moc dokáže meniť svet. Fugger mal prsty vo všetkom dôležitom, čo sa počas jeho života udialo, od predaja odpustkov, ktoré vyprovokovali Martina Luthera a spustili reformačné hnutie, po podporu Habsburgovcov. Králi sa u neho hrnuli a máloktoré vojenské ťaženie z prelomu 15. a 16. storočia sa zaobišlo bez jeho vysokých pôžičiek. Tento príbeh ponúka jedinečnú príručku o tom, ako efektívne narábať s peniazmi. Nechajte si poradiť od Jakoba Fuggera, ktorého život je plný kráľov, pápežov, dobrodružstiev a rozprávkového bohatstva.

Jakob Fugger ist der reichste Mann, der (nicht nur in Mythen) jemals gelebt hat. 1459 als Enkel eines Bauern geboren, häufte er ein unvorstellbares Vermögen an, das selbst den legendären J. D. Rockefeller oder heutige Superreiche wie Bill Gates in den Schatten stellt. In einer Zeit, in der die Macht von Königen schier unbegrenzt war, legte Jakob Fugger den Grundstein für seinen unglaublichen Reichtum. Innovative Ideen, Verhandlungsgeschick und vor allem Nervenstärke zeichneten den Bankier aus, der dem Papst die Erlaubnis für Zinsgeschäfte abrang. Greg Steinmetz zeigt Jakob Fugger, wie man ihn noch nie gesehen hat. Visionär – er unterstützte die erste Weltumsegelung –, kämpferisch – er forderte Martin Luther heraus –, allgegenwärtig – Könige, Kaiser und Päpste, keiner kam an ihm vorbei. Greg Steinmetz enthüllt, mit welchen Methoden Fugger sein gigantisches Imperium aufbaute, Fürsten- und Königshäuser in die Abhängigkeit drängte und die europäische Politik maßgeblich mitprägte. Um unseren modernen Kapitalismus, wie wir ihn heute kennen, zu verstehen, muss man Jakob Fugger verstehen. Mit 8-seitigem, farbigen Bildteil

Enquanto Colombo navegava à descoberta de novos mundos e Leonardo Da Vinci pintava La Gioconda, o neto de um camponês tornava-se o homem mais rico do seu tempo – e, muito provavelmente, de sempre. Jakob Fugger nasceu e viveu na Alemanha nos séculos xv e xvi. Quando morreu, a sua fortuna ascendia a cerca de dois por cento da riqueza produzida na Europa – o que se explica pela sua conjunção verdadeiramente invulgar de talento, frieza, determinação e ousadia. Numa época em que os poderes dos monarcas e da Igreja eram avassaladores, este plebeu e neto de camponeses tornado comerciante e banqueiro desafiou-os e impôs-lhes a sua visão de homem de negócios. Convenceu o Vaticano a permitir a cobrança de juros sobre os empréstimos, uma prática até então proibida, e exigiu a reis e rainhas que pagassem o que lhe deviam – com juros. Este alemão obstinado operou profundas alterações que ajudaram a moldar o mundo do dinheiro tal como o conhecemos hoje, mas fez mais do que isso. Entre outras façanhas, esteve nas origens da Reforma de Martinho Lutero e terá patrocinado a viagem de circum-navegação de Fernão Magalhães. Foi também graças à sua fortuna colossal que os Habsburgo se tornaram soberanos de um mítico império onde o Sol nunca se punha.