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The New Titans of Wall Street: Unlike Past Entrepreneurs These Men Like to Hide in the Shadows out of the Public's Scrutiny - ABC NEWS

As Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of the Blackstone Group, splashed out on a US$3 million birthday party, it's clear where the wealth that's being sucked out of companies is ending up. As this report from ABC News reminds us (though we don't need reminding): "It's All About the Cash".

"These guys are not people who buy and hold. They buy, transform and sell. They're sort of a new beast out there."
Colin Blaydon, director of the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business

Contine reading: Scott Mayerowitz, 'The New Titans of Wall Street - Unlike Past Entrepreneurs These Men Like to Hide in the Shadows out of the Public's Scrutiny', ABC News, 12 April, 2007.