The choicest hundred

Lehman Brothers not only was at the heart of the Jewish New York financial and social circuit, but it also served as a role model after which dozens of firms patterned themselves. At its heart were the family members, who eventually hired outsiders to build a huge firm of partners who continued into the modern era. The pattern would be emulated by Goldman, by Bear Stearns, even by the great modern, famous, and recently infamous Drexel Burnham, to name only a few. This book 100 Minds That Made The Market will enable readers to get a snapshot view of the lives of the people who played a significant part in the evolution of America's financial markets over the past couple of cent

This article was originally published on July 19, 2010.