Over a five-decade career, LEON COOPERMAN has loomed large as one of the most prominent players on Wall Street, first as a senior partner at Goldman Sachs, where he spent twenty-five years, and then as the founder and chief strategist of his own highly successful hedge fund, Omega Advisors. Born to immigrant parents in the Bronx, he is a graduate of Hunter College and the Columbia Business School. Mr. Cooperman has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including The Horatio Alger Award, honorary doctorates from both Hunter College and Roger Williams University, and the Columbia Business School's Distinguished Leadership in Business Award. He and his wife, Toby, have two sons and three grandchildren, and live most of the year in Florida.

Introduction

Part I: Formative Years
Chapter 1: First Generation
Chapter 2: Good Luck, Hard Work, and Intuition
Chapter 3: Columbia Business School

Part II: Goldman Years
Chapter 4: Early Years at Goldman Sachs
Chapter 5: Partnership Years at Goldman Sachs

Part III: Omega Years
Chapter 6: Omega-Leading by Example
Chapter 7: Deception-Clayton Lewis and the Azerbaijan Fiasco
Chapter 8: The Opera Ain't Over till the Fat Lady Sings
Chapter 9: How to Love Thirty-Two-Hour Days

Part IV: Philanthropy
Chapter 10: Noblesse Oblige-the Philosophy of Philanthropy
Chapter 11: My Philanthropic Work Thus Far

Part V: Political Philosophy
Chapter 12: Capitalism Works
Chapter 13: Of Legado and Inhofe

Part VI Epilogue
Chapter 14: Summing Up
Appendix "The Moral Calculations of a Billionaire" by Eli Saslow