With my interest piqued after my visit to KKR's offices, I've finally taken the time to read Barbarians at the Gate. It is truly an astounding story: pride, hubris, rivalries, limousines, private investigators...all bankrolled by billions of dollars in junk-bonds and the glorious optimism of the BOOM that always preceeds the bust.
And I have a hard time reading books nowadays without the internet nearby. I'm constantly scribbling notes, looking up websites, etc. Of course KKR continues to exist, but with the book highlighting Ted Forstmann's bloodcurling rivalry with Henry Kravis, I wondered: whatever happened to Forstmann Little? No website existed, only a Wikipedia entry!
Well, a little more google digging and I found this article from Fortune magazine. Nowadays, you can find interviews of him opining with his good friend Charlie Rose.
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