Rainmakers

#12 Charlie Allen: Merchant Banking 101

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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

    Donald Bren Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6-donald-bren-blueprint-billionaire/id1726030978?i=1000647523005

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