Monkey Business

Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle

John Rolfe, Peter Troob

Publisher: Warner / Grand Central Publishing / Hachette, 2001, 273 pages

ISBN: 0-446-67695-0

Keywords: Biography

Last modified: July 27, 2021, 3:35 p.m.

They hit "The Street".

Forget what you've read, forget what you've learned, forget what you've been taught, Monkey Business pulls off Wall Street's suspenders and gives the reader the inside skinny on real life at an investment bank, where the promised land is always one more twenty-hour workday and another lap dance away.

"The Street" Hit back.

Fresh out of Wharton and Harvard business schools, John Rolfe and Peter Troob ran willingly into the open arms of investment bank giant Donaldon, Lufkin & Jenrette. They had signed on as foot soldiers in a white-collar army of overworked and frustrated lemmings furiously trying to spin straw into gold. They escaped with the remnants of their sanity — and, ultimately, this book. Uncensored, unsanitized, and uncut, it captures the chaotic essence of the Wall Street carnival and the outlandish personalities that make it all hum… and it will become the smartest, most entertaining investment you'll make this year.

  • Introduction
  • Recruiting: The Seeds of a Dream
  • Interviews and Ecstasy
  • Summer Boot Camp
  • The Courtship
  • Training Wheels
  • The Food Chain
  • The Business
  • The Sizzle
  • Fishing for Value
  • The Merry-go-round
  • The Bottleneck
  • The Holiday Party
  • Drafting
  • Push the Button
  • Travel
  • Bonuses, Reviews, and Compensation
  • The Epiphany
  • The Last Straw
  • Liberation
  • Epilogue

Reviews

Monkey Business

Reviewed by Roland Buresund

Good ******* (7 out of 10)

Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3:16 a.m.

This book made me laugh at page 4. Wonderful written and very true, as well.

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