Private Empire
Exxonmobil and American Power
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 28, 2013
“ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental.” —The Washington Post “Fascinating . . .
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- Who it’s for
- A business-history read that treats corporate power as culture, politics, and consequence.
- Genres
- Energy Industry, Corporate Histories, Geopolitics
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, May 28, 2013
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“ExxonMobil has met its match in Coll, an elegant writer and dogged reporter . . . extraordinary . . . monumental.” —The Washington Post “Fascinating . . . Private Empire is a book meticulously prepared as if for trial . . . a compelling and elucidatory work.” —Bloomberg From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, an extraordinary exposé of Big Oil.
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Includes a profile of current Secretary of State and former chairman and chief executive of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson In this, the first hard-hitting examination of ExxonMobil—the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States—Steve Coll reveals the true extent of its power. Private Empire pulls back the curtain, tracking the corporation’s recent history and its central role on the world stage, beginning with the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989 and leading to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The action spans the globe—featuring kidnapping cases, civil wars, and high-stakes struggles at the Kremlin—and the narrative is driven by larger-than-life characters, including corporate legend Lee “Iron Ass” Raymond, ExxonMobil’s chief executive until 2005, and current chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of State. A penetrating, news-breaking study, Private Empire is a defining portrait of Big Oil in American politics and foreign policy.
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A business-history read that treats corporate power as culture, politics, and consequence.
Come here for
- corporate power, politics, history
- career-scale ambition with a cool eye
Expect
- sustained, serious narrative
- insider detail without the puffery
Where it sits
| Energy Industry | 46% |
|---|---|
| Corporate Histories | 27% |
| Geopolitics | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mining & Extraction Business
- Corporate Histories
- U.S. History
- Authors
- Malcolm Hillgartner, Steve Coll, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 28, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Mining & Extraction Business