{"product_id":"cutting-my-own-path-guy-wyser-pratte-9781966155157","title":"Cutting My Own Path","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown internationally as The Dean Of Risk Arbitrage, \u003cem\u003eGuy Wyser-Pratte \u003c\/em\u003eis a force majeure of shareholder activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to a Hungarian-Jewish father and an Austrian-Catholic mother, Guy (Ghee) has lived a life shaped by history, ambition, and risk. From an idyllic childhood on the beaches of Cannes to narrowly escaping war-torn Europe, his journey is one of resilience, fortune, and survival against all odds. His background as a US Marine Corps infantry officer foreshadows his ability to lead into a storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt just five years old, Guy was moments from death while attempting to crawl to freedom through a hole in a fence to Switzerland from Occupied Annecy, France. That near-death experience at the business end of a Nazi soldier's rifle, forever imprinted on his memory-becomming a defining moment of his life: a lesson in the fragility of fate, the necessity of taking risks when the stakes are highest, and the courage to \u003cstrong\u003ecut your own path.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every time I uncovered corporate misbehavior at the expense of shareholders, I felt an immediate surge of purpose. I wasn't built to sit quietly and passively sweat out individual risk-arbitrage deals. That just wasn't me. By the 1990s, I was actively going after managements in the United States that were failing their shareholders.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Guy Wyser Pratte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are men who follow the rules, and there are men who rewrite them. Guy Wyser-Pratte has never been interested in the former.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Brig. Gen. Thomas V. Draude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy P. Wyser-Pratte, MBA is considered by many to be the founding father of shareholder activism. He is a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, an award-winning and celebrated arbatrageur, a fund manager with 38% returns, and sports a storied history of iconic, disruptive mischief in the name of shareholder value. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Wyser-Pratte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966155158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966155157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e E\u0026amp;R\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Guy Wyser-Pratte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136539377919,"sku":"9781966155157","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5929cb7-c553-4db6-89d5-6c391dd554e5.jpg?v=1755023653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cutting-my-own-path-guy-wyser-pratte-9781966155157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}