RATE' EM : Best Books on IB, M&A, Corporate Finance, and LBO's.

Best books in my opinion:

  1. "Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies" by Copeland, Koller, and Murrin.

  2. Barbarians at the gate.

  3. Mastering the Merger.

If you know any great books on M&A, IB, or PE LBO's, rank them 1-5, and let's keep the thread going.

 
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I read Barbarians at the Gate last summer when I was interning in NY, great book, highly recommended to everyone who's interested in LBO.

Monkey Business is a great book too, but don't take the story too seriously

I also recommend: The Fast Track - The insider's guide to winning jobs in management consulting, investment banking and securities trading, by Mariam Naficy

The intelligent investor by Ben Graham

A random walk down on wall street by Burton Malkiel

 

Den of Thieves is an amazing read.

Most of the more valuable books to read have already been listed, but let me recommend 3 that aren't as necessary for IB but are great books nonetheless:

The Takeover - a fiction IB thriller. Very fun, especially if you THINK you're interested in IB. read it. 'Nuff said.

Tearing Down the Walls - a book about Sandy Weill, the man who sculpted Citigroup into what it is today in addition to spearheading the US financial supermarket system. It

 

is the book :

  1. "Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies" by Copeland, Koller, and Murrin.

the one by the McKinsey guys? Think i got a copy of it somewhere at work, my take it home and read it

 

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