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Episode Synopsis
Show Notes:
The Allen & Co story hasn't been fully told yet - until now. To understand this secretive merchant bank, we need to start with its founder Charlie Allen. In this episode, we'll explore how Charlie Allen built Allen & Co and uncover the key moves that made the merchant bank so successful in the mid-1900s, setting the stage for his nephew Herb Jr to take the reins and transform it into what it is today.
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Sources:
The Art of Success by The editors of Fortune Magazine
Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons by Seymour Schulich
The Financiers: The World of Great Wall Street Investment Banking Houses by Michael C. Jensen
The Merchant Bankers by Joseph Wechsberg
Money, Money, Money: Wall Street in words and pictures by Ralph G. Martin
Transforming the Irvine Ranch by Michael Stockstill
"A. Alfred Taubman papers, 1942-2015" University of Michigan Library
"Border Raid" by Time Magazine 1950
"Colorado Contortion" by Forbes Magazine 1953
"Company with a Split Personality" by Forbes Magazine 1973
"GOP Stronghold" by LA Times 1973
"Inside the Private World of Allen & Co. Putting a premium on personal ties, this family firm thrives in the land of the giants" by Carol J Loomis
"Opportunity, Inc" by Time Magazine 1948
"Plain Abe of Northtown" Is Transforming District" by The Kansas City Star 1948
"Pride of Pueblo" by Time Magazine 1948
"Charlie's Profit Instinct" by Time Magazine 1963
"Sidelights; Situation Found: Harold Allen" by NY Times 1965
"So I lost, So What?" by Forbes Magazine 1969
"Titanic Windfall" by Forbes Magazine 1958
"Too Soon, Charlie Allen?" by Forbes Magazine 1975
"Trucker Loses Action to Force Sale of Land" by LA Times 1962
"Tustin Continues Growth" by The Tustin News 1966
"Wall Street's Charlie Allen and His Family of Financiers" by NY Times 1976
"Winning of the Irvine Co." by LA Times 1977
Links:
John Scully Arbuckle Speech: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/news-history/ernest-c-arbuckle-award-acceptance-speech-john-h-scully-mba-68
Paul Enright Analyst Presentation: https://becomeaninvestor.org/career-advice
Donald Bren Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6-donald-bren-blueprint-billionaire/id1726030978?i=1000647523005
Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/rainmakerspod
The Allen & Co story hasn't been fully told yet - until now. To understand this secretive merchant bank, we need to start with its founder Charlie Allen. In this episode, we'll explore how Charlie Allen built Allen & Co and uncover the key moves that made the merchant bank so successful in the mid-1900s, setting the stage for his nephew Herb Jr to take the reins and transform it into what it is today.
If you liked the episode please subscribe and leave a review!
Sources:
The Art of Success by The editors of Fortune Magazine
Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons by Seymour Schulich
The Financiers: The World of Great Wall Street Investment Banking Houses by Michael C. Jensen
The Merchant Bankers by Joseph Wechsberg
Money, Money, Money: Wall Street in words and pictures by Ralph G. Martin
Transforming the Irvine Ranch by Michael Stockstill
"A. Alfred Taubman papers, 1942-2015" University of Michigan Library
"Border Raid" by Time Magazine 1950
"Colorado Contortion" by Forbes Magazine 1953
"Company with a Split Personality" by Forbes Magazine 1973
"GOP Stronghold" by LA Times 1973
"Inside the Private World of Allen & Co. Putting a premium on personal ties, this family firm thrives in the land of the giants" by Carol J Loomis
"Opportunity, Inc" by Time Magazine 1948
"Plain Abe of Northtown" Is Transforming District" by The Kansas City Star 1948
"Pride of Pueblo" by Time Magazine 1948
"Charlie's Profit Instinct" by Time Magazine 1963
"Sidelights; Situation Found: Harold Allen" by NY Times 1965
"So I lost, So What?" by Forbes Magazine 1969
"Titanic Windfall" by Forbes Magazine 1958
"Too Soon, Charlie Allen?" by Forbes Magazine 1975
"Trucker Loses Action to Force Sale of Land" by LA Times 1962
"Tustin Continues Growth" by The Tustin News 1966
"Wall Street's Charlie Allen and His Family of Financiers" by NY Times 1976
"Winning of the Irvine Co." by LA Times 1977
Links:
John Scully Arbuckle Speech: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/news-history/ernest-c-arbuckle-award-acceptance-speech-john-h-scully-mba-68
Paul Enright Analyst Presentation: https://becomeaninvestor.org/career-advice
Donald Bren Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6-donald-bren-blueprint-billionaire/id1726030978?i=1000647523005
Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/rainmakerspod
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