Drawn from interviews, corporate documents, court records, and other sources, these snapshots of nine corporate leaders provide a view into the top corporate establishment. Included are: David Roderick (U.S. Steel), Roger Smith (General Motors), Paul Oreffice (Dow Chemical), Felix Rohaty (Lazard Freres), Charles Walker (tax lobbyist), Whitney MacMillan (Cargill), Thomas Jones (Northrop), William McGown (MCI), and William Norris (Control Data).

Each issue concentrates on a different topic.

Wriston rose to the top of the giant but sleepy First National City, later renamed Citibank, and set about reinventing not only his own institution, but much of banking and finance in the U.S. and the world. The story of his three turbulent decades at Citibank will fascinate anyone interested in the forces that control money and capital. (Cover Title)

Classic study of the fiscal crisis that gripped New York City -- and much of urban America -- in the 1970s.