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1、BARBARIANSATTHEGATETheFallofRJRNabiscoBryanBurroughANDJohnHelyarHarperBusinessEssentialsTomywife,MarlaDorfmanBurrough,andtomyparents,JohnandMaryBurroughofTemple,Texas—JBBTomywife,BetsyMorris,andtomyparents,RichardandMargaretHelyarofBrattleboro,Vermont—JSHTheofficerof
2、everycorporationshouldfeelinhisheart—inhisverysoul—thatheisresponsible,notmerelytomakedividendsforthestockholdersofhiscompany,buttoenhancethegeneralprosperityandthemoralsentimentoftheUnitedStates.—ADOLPHUSGREEN,founder,NabiscoSomegeniusinventedtheOreo.We’rejustliving
3、offtheinheritance.—F.ROSSJOHNSON,president,RJRNabiscoThisbusiness,onalegitimatebasis,isafraud.Notthatit’safraud.Youneedmoneytobeinthisbusiness.Butnotalot.Youneedmoremoneytoopenashoe-shineshopthanyoudotobuya$2billioncompany,let’sbehonestaboutit.Buttobuyashoe-shinestor
4、e,ifitcosts$3,000,youneed$3,000.Ifyoudon’tgotitincash,youneedtobringitbyThursday.Butifit’sanLBO,notonlydoyounothavetobringit,youdon’thavetoseeit,youdon’tknowwhereyou’regoingtogetit,nobodyknowswheretheygotitfrom.Thewholesituationcomesfromabsolutelynothing.Butthemoreyo
5、uneed,ofcourse,thelessmoneyyouneed.Inotherwords,ifthere’smoneyinvolved,youdon’tgetinvolvedinthisbusiness.Thisisabusinessforpeoplewhodon’thavemoney,butwhoknowsomebodywhohasmoney,butwhodoesn’tputitupeither…—JACKIEMASON,“WhattheHellisanLBO?”ContentsEpigraphsivIntroducti
6、onviiThePlayersxPrologue11.RossJohnsonwasbeingfollowed.Adetective,heguessed,no…102.IfnotfortheRJReynoldsTobaccoCompany,themodest…403.RossJohnson’srisetothehelmofRJRNabiscohad…784.OnOctober19,1987,thestockmarketcrashed.Likethe…1035.OutsidetheMetropolitanMuseumthatblus
7、terySeptember128evening,therewas…6.AshissleakGulfstreamjetdescendedthroughthecloudsover…1547.Johnsonroseearlythenextmorning,thememoryofWednesday…1848.FridayafternoonTomHillsatmiredinanotherinterminable199Pillsbury…9.TheodoreJ.Forstmannslippedintohiswhiteterrycloth231
8、bathrobe…10.PandemoniumreignedatShearsonMondaymorning.Amid244theAudubonprints,…11.Thepeacetalksoff,Cohen’stroopspreparedforwar.With
