The Greenberg of The AIG Story is a cross between Henry Ford,
Henry Kissinger and James Bond. When some ski gondolas come
loose on a Vermont mountain that he later turns into “one of
America’s leading resorts”, he skis down “to warn others and
prevent injuries.” When he flies to Vietnam after a hotel fire
in Ho Chi Minh City “the victims and their families [are] moved
by Greenberg’s presence”. He selects where to put the ashes of
Cornelius Vander Starr, the founder of AIG, and builds an
18-hole golf course at his mentor’s country house “in response
to requests from guests.” He is barred from AIG’s headquarters,
and denied access to personal material including letters from
his mother “and medical files for his dog, Snowball”. [FT]