William D. Cohan, author portrait
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William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan is the author of the New York Times bestsellers House of Cards and The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, has a biweekly opinion column in the New York Times, and writes frequently for the Financial Times, Fortune, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post, among other publications. A former investment banker, Cohan is a graduate of Duke University, the Columbia University School of Journalism, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Power Failure
Why Wall Street Matters
Money and Power
House of Cards
The Last Tycoons

Books

Power Failure
Why Wall Street Matters
Money and Power
House of Cards
The Last Tycoons

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