Hanson

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Knighted by a Labour prime minister in 1976 and ennobled by Margaret Thatcher in 1983, now at the helm of a multi-billion pound commercial empire which he wishes to leave in the hands of his son, James Hanson epitomises the entrepreneurial dynastic spirit of the eighties business world. In his youth, he counted Audrey Hepburn and Jean Simmons amongst his girlfriends, and in his seventies is still famously attentive to his appearance. With swashbuckling ease, he has mixed freely with mandarins and powerbrokers inside and outside the government of the day, and has built up a company whose success is founded on some of the most daring takeovers in international business. But has he been good for British business? Are Hanson's successes the product of good accounting rather than real business acumen? In this incisive biography, Brummer and Cowe unravel the complex interweave of business and politics in Hanson's career, reveal exactly how Lord Hanson has made his money, and raise the... Tovább

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Knighted by a Labour prime minister in 1976 and ennobled by Margaret Thatcher in 1983, now at the helm of a multi-billion pound commercial empire which he wishes to leave in the hands of his son, James Hanson epitomises the entrepreneurial dynastic spirit of the eighties business world. In his youth, he counted Audrey Hepburn and Jean Simmons amongst his girlfriends, and in his seventies is still famously attentive to his appearance. With swashbuckling ease, he has mixed freely with mandarins and powerbrokers inside and outside the government of the day, and has built up a company whose success is founded on some of the most daring takeovers in international business. But has he been good for British business? Are Hanson's successes the product of good accounting rather than real business acumen? In this incisive biography, Brummer and Cowe unravel the complex interweave of business and politics in Hanson's career, reveal exactly how Lord Hanson has made his money, and raise the question whether his grand plans can withstand the corporate and economic culture of the recessionary 1990s.
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'A must-read' - BusinessAge
'I doubt the Great Entrepreneur [Hanson] will be pleased with the comprehensive evidence of his tax-avoidance schemes or of the group's dreadful investment record or by the account of his domineering personality.' - London Review of Books Vissza