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

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