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The Caesars Palace Coup

How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street

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The Caesars Palace Coup

Written by: Max Frumes, Sujeet Indap
Narrated by: Chris Kipiniak
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It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl for the storied casino giant, Caesars Entertainment, pitted brilliant and ruthless private equity legends against the world's most relentless hedge fund wizards.

The Caesars bankruptcy put a twist on the old-fashioned casino heist. Through a $27 billion leveraged buyout and a dizzying string of financial engineering transactions, Apollo and TPG - in the midst of the post-Great Recession slump - had seemingly snatched every prime asset of the company from creditors, with the notable exception of Caesars Palace. But Caesars's hedge fund lenders and bondholders had scooped up the company's paper for nickels and dimes. And with their own armies of lawyers and bankers, they were ready to do everything necessary to take back what they believed was theirs - if they could just stop their own infighting.

These modern financiers now dominate the scene in corporate America as their fight-to-the-death mentality continues to shock workers, politicians, and broader society - and even each other.

©2021 Sujeet Indap and Max Frumes (P)2021 Tantor Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Corporate & Public Finance True Crime Business Crime
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Must read if you are interested in corporate finance. Gives insights in to the complex world of VCs and corporate law firms

Gripping corporate saga

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Excellent account in the high adrenaline world of buyouts and private equity. Highly recommended for finance geeks

Brilliant gripping story

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the one big thing that leads to the ruin of people and enterprises is debt. even bigger threat is ego. it is this form of vanity that leads to ruin.

debt is key

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