Cutting My Own Path
GuyP. Wyser-Pratte
Known internationally as The Dean Of Risk Arbitrage, Guy Wyser-Pratte is a force majeure of shareholder activism.
Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and an Austrian-Catholic mother, Guy (Ghee) has lived a life shaped by history, ambition, and risk. From an idyllic childhood on the beaches of Cannes to narrowly escaping war-torn Europe, his journey is one of resilience, fortune, and survival against all odds. His background as a US Marine Corps infantry officer foreshadows his ability to lead into a storm.
At just five years old, Guy was moments from death while attempting to crawl to freedom through a hole in a fence to Switzerland from Occupied Annecy, France. That near-death experience at the business end of a Nazi soldier's rifle, forever imprinted on his memory-becomming a defining moment of his life: a lesson in the fragility of fate, the necessity of taking risks when the stakes are highest, and the courage to cut your own path.
"Every time I uncovered corporate misbehavior at the expense of shareholders, I felt an immediate surge of purpose. I wasn't built to sit quietly and passively sweat out individual risk-arbitrage deals. That just wasn't me. By the 1990s, I was actively going after managements in the United States that were failing their shareholders."
-Guy Wyser Pratte
"There are men who follow the rules, and there are men who rewrite them. Guy Wyser-Pratte has never been interested in the former."
-Brig. Gen. Thomas V. Draude
Guy P. Wyser-Pratte, MBA is considered by many to be the founding father of shareholder activism. He is a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, an award-winning and celebrated arbatrageur, a fund manager with 38% returns, and sports a storied history of iconic, disruptive mischief in the name of shareholder value.
Duration - 4h 37m.
Author - GuyP. Wyser-Pratte.
Narrator - Guy P. Wyser-Pratte.
Published Date - Wednesday, 01 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Guy P. Wyser-Pratte ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
GuyP. Wyser-Pratte
Guy P. Wyser-Pratte
E&R Publishers, New York
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
Known internationally as The Dean Of Risk Arbitrage, Guy Wyser-Pratte is a force majeure of shareholder activism. Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and an Austrian-Catholic mother, Guy (Ghee) has lived a life shaped by history, ambition, and risk. From an idyllic childhood on the beaches of Cannes to narrowly escaping war-torn Europe, his journey is one of resilience, fortune, and survival against all odds. His background as a US Marine Corps infantry officer foreshadows his ability to lead into a storm. At just five years old, Guy was moments from death while attempting to crawl to freedom through a hole in a fence to Switzerland from Occupied Annecy, France. That near-death experience at the business end of a Nazi soldier's rifle, forever imprinted on his memory-becomming a defining moment of his life: a lesson in the fragility of fate, the necessity of taking risks when the stakes are highest, and the courage to cut your own path. "Every time I uncovered corporate misbehavior at the expense of shareholders, I felt an immediate surge of purpose. I wasn't built to sit quietly and passively sweat out individual risk-arbitrage deals. That just wasn't me. By the 1990s, I was actively going after managements in the United States that were failing their shareholders." -Guy Wyser Pratte "There are men who follow the rules, and there are men who rewrite them. Guy Wyser-Pratte has never been interested in the former." -Brig. Gen. Thomas V. Draude Guy P. Wyser-Pratte, MBA is considered by many to be the founding father of shareholder activism. He is a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, an award-winning and celebrated arbatrageur, a fund manager with 38% returns, and sports a storied history of iconic, disruptive mischief in the name of shareholder value. Duration - 4h 37m. Author - GuyP. Wyser-Pratte. Narrator - Guy P. Wyser-Pratte. Published Date - Wednesday, 01 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Guy P. Wyser-Pratte ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Dedication
Duration:00:00:30
Foreword
Duration:00:03:28
1. My Idyllic Beginning
Duration:00:07:57
2. The Great Escape
Duration:00:03:42
3. New Horizons
Duration:00:08:12
4. The Beckoning of the Military
Duration:00:16:51
5. Angels and Aprons
Duration:00:05:11
6. Storms, Secrets, and a Woman with a Knife
Duration:00:09:03
7. From A USMC Infantry Officer to Global Finance
Duration:00:10:06
8. Risk Arbitrage—What it is and why I Opened It Up To Wall St
Duration:00:12:27
9. Bache & Company
Duration:00:13:15
10. The Arc of the Arbitrage Industry
Duration:00:34:20
11 Arbitrage to Activism—My Journey Begins
Duration:00:30:17
12. Prudential-Bache—A Tale as Old as Time
Duration:00:20:53
13. The Activist Awakens
Duration:00:06:17
14 Friendly Persuasion—A New Arrow in my Quiver
Duration:00:19:55
15 The Many Faces of Activism
Duration:00:30:52
16. Brothers in Arms
Duration:00:04:35
17. Sticking to Your Knitting
Duration:00:06:27
18 The Name on the Door—The Resurrection of Wyser-Pratte & Co
Duration:00:20:26
19. Courts, Cultures, and Close Calls
Duration:00:09:58
Letter to My Younger Self—Epilogue
Duration:00:02:18
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:23