Grit, Guts and Gumption had a foreword written by the businessman and philanthropist who served two years in prison for what infraction?
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Grit, Guts and Gumption Grit, Guts and Gumption: Driving Change in a State-Owned Giant is a book by Rajesh Chakrabarti, Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. The book was published in November 2010 by Viking Press. The foreword of the book was written by Rajat Gupta, former managing director of McKinsey & Company and co-founder of Indian School of Business.
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Rajat Gupta Rajat Kumar Gupta (] ; born 2 December 1948) is an American businessman and philanthropist who served a two-year term in U.S. federal prison for insider trading. He was the first foreign-born Managing Director (chief executive) of management consultancy firm McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003. He was also a board member of corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, and American Airlines, as well as an advisor to non-profits such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the Indian School of Business, American India Foundation, New Silk Route and Scandent Solutions.
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Michael Watt (philanthropist) Michael Heseltine Watt {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 16 December 1940) is a New Zealand entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor. He is one of five New Zealanders who featured in the "Sunday Times" Rich List 2009. He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community in the 2005 New Year Honours.
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Elly Kadoorie Sir Eleazer "Elly" Silas Kadoorie {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (1867 – 2 August 1944) was an Indian-born philanthropist and member of a wealthy family that had large business interests in the Far East.
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James Compton James Washington Compton (born April 7, 1939), also known as Jim Compton, is an American businessman and civil rights activist who served as president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League from 1978 until 2006. During his tenure, the Chicago Urban League refocused its interest in education and economic development and developed a new emphasis on community empowerment. Compton received the Fred Luster Sr, Image Award for his work at the Black Heritage Performance in 1999.
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The Damage Done (book) The Damage Done is a book by Australian Warren Fellows. It portrays his time in the notorious Bangkwang prison, nicknamed "Big Tiger". Fellows was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1978, convicted of heroin trafficking between Bangkok, Thailand and Australia.
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Stan Perron Stan Perron {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 2 November 1922) is an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
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Zebulon Brockway Zebulon Reed Brockway (April 28, 1827 – October 21, 1920) was a penologist and is sometimes regarded as the "Father of prison reform" and " Father of American Parole" in the United States.
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Phil Bredesen Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. (born November 21, 1943) is an American author, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 48th Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County, from 1991-99. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation, which he sold in 1986.
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Jerry Fowler Jerry Marston Fowler (April 26, 1940 – January 26, 2009) was a Baton Rouge businessman who served as Louisiana's state Elections Commissioner from 1980 until his defeat in the 1999 nonpartisan blanket primary, also known as the jungle primary. He was part of the Fowler family Democratic political dynasty. Fowler vacated the position in 2000 and was thereafter indicted, convicted and imprisoned for bribery and income tax evasion in a scandal that grew out of acceptance of kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines. Fowler succeeded his ailing father, Wiley Douglas Fowler, Sr., as Elections Commissioner. Collectively, the Fowlers, who hailed from Coushatta, the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, served forty-one years in the position, originally called the "Custodian of Voting Machines."
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Victor Watson Victor Hugo Watson {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (26 September 1928 – 25 February 2015) was a British businessman and philanthropist. He served as the Chairman of Waddingtons 1977 to 1993. Waddingtons employed over 3,000 people, mainly in Leeds, and were involved in printing, packaging, games and playing cards. He was sometimes known as "Mr Monopoly".
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Alonzo L. McDonald Alonzo L. McDonald (born August 5, 1928) is an American businessman and philanthropist.
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Carl Gugasian Carl Gugasian (born October 12, 1947) is an American prisoner who is serving a 17-year sentence for robbery, known as "The Friday Night Bank Robber". He is perhaps the most prolific of such criminals in US history, having robbed more than 50 banks over a 30-year period for a total of more than $2 million.
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Thomas Beirne (businessman) Thomas Charles Beirne KSG (1860–1949) was an early businessman, politician and philanthropist in colonial and federation era Australia.
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Leo Hindery Leo Hindery Jr. is an American businessman, author, political activist and philanthropist.
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James Fisk (financier) James Fisk, Jr. (April 1, 1835 – January 7, 1872) – known variously as "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim", and "Jubilee Jim" – was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who has been referred to as one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age. Though Fisk was admired by the working class of New York and the Erie Railroad, he achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York City. Several years later Fisk was murdered by a disgruntled business associate.
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Nomi Prins Nomi Prins is an American author, journalist, and public speaker. She has worked as a managing director at Goldman-Sachs for 2 years and as a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns for 7 years, as well as having worked as a senior strategist at Lehman Brothers and analyst at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Prins is known for her book "All the Presidents' Bankers" in which she explores over a century of close relationships between the 19 Presidents from Teddy Roosevelt through Barack Obama and the key bankers of their day based on original archival documents. Prins also received recognition for her whistleblower book, "It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street", for her views on the U.S. economy, for her published spending figures on federal programs and initiatives related to the 2008 bailout, and for her advocacy for the reinstatement of the Glass–Steagall Act and regulatory reform of the financial industry.
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Joseph Mailman Joseph Lawrence Mailman was a U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
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Brent R. Wilkes Brent Roger Wilkes (born May 21, 1954), an American entrepreneur, defense contractor, civic leader and philanthropist. Wilkes became well known for his involvement with the Duke Cunningham defense contracting scandal and was indicted for his involvement in this scandal on February 13, 2007. He was indicted on new charges which superseded the previous ones on May 10, 2007. Wilkes was convicted on all 13 counts on November 5, 2007. On March 27, 2008 the Court of Appeals ordered him released on bail pending appeal, finding in part "that the appeal raises a 'substantial question' of law or fact likely to result in reversal, a new trial or a sentence not including a term of prison". On January 6, 2009, after serving eleven months in federal custody, the last six months at Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, Wilkes was released, pending appeal.
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David Asper David Asper LLM (born November 26, 1958) is a lawyer, businessman, philanthropist and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his community service.
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David H. Nutt David H. Nutt is an American lawyer and philanthropist. He is the richest person in the US state of Mississippi.
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Thomas Maurice Mulry Thomas Maurice Mulry (13 February 1855 – 10 March 1916) was an American businessman and philanthropist.