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The Taking of Getty Oil

The Full Story of the Most Spectacular - and Catastrophic - Takeover of All

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The Taking of Getty Oil

By: Steve Coll
Narrated by: Steven Cooper
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A true story of family, ambition, and greed in the most bitter and controversial takeover struggle in business history. The high-stakes fight between Texaco and Pennzoil to take over Getty Oil is a startling and intriguing case involving family infighting, courtroom drama, and corporate intrigue that ends in bankruptcy and the largest damages award in American history.

©1987, 1988 Steve Coll (P)2014 Audible Inc. Economics Business Banking
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It’s a great story but probably about 3 hours too long. I found after three quarters of it I just wanted it to be finished so I skipped ahead.

Interesting but…

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Exceptionally well written and read.
A financial story that reads like a thriller with the biggest egos in the world.

Superb

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Coll stretches out a dramatic, curious and compelling story by 15 chapters and 10hrs too long. U get the feeling Coll likes the feeling of his own voice on paper after he delivers point after pointless book-padding chapter, going so far as to repeat every; testimony, individual account, witness statement, empirical recollection, stat dec, biography excerpt, and…..so on. Save your time. ‘Achilles Trap” was…ok.

A “Could’ve-been”

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