Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk

Adam Gower is a bilingual, 30-year veteran in real estate, banking, and finance who is a Ph.D. graduate of the University College London in history. He has held senior management positions at some of the largest companies and institutions in the United States including East West Bank, Colony Capital, and Universal and Paramount Studios. During the 1990’s he lived in Japan, working as the President and CEO of Universal Studios, Asia Pacific Region, where he was engaged in extensive business transactions and conducted press conferences entirely in Japanese. Dr. Gower is a 14- year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department where he served as a fully sworn, 24/7 volunteer peace officer and where, for a brief spell, he worked with Asian gang investigators, finishing his career in the risk management division. He lives and works in between Beverly Hills and San Luis Obispo, California, has taught investment and finance classes at Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo, and produces and hosts a nationally syndicated podcast at the National Real Estate Forum that enjoys a database of contacts in excess of 10,000 people.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- Historiography.- Chapter 3. Jacob Schiff and His Cohort.- Chapter 4. Japan.- Chapter 5. The Business of Banking.- Chapter 6. The English Syndicate.- Chapter 7. Financing the War.- Chapter 8. Impact and Conclusions.