CharlesGeisstistheauthorofthirteenbooks,includingTheLastPartnerships:InsidetheGreatWallStreetMoneyDynasties(McGrawHill,2001),MonopoliesinAmerica:EmpireBuildersandTheirEnemiesfromJayGouldtoBillGates(OxfordUniversityPress,2000),100YearsofWallStreet(anillustratedhistory,McGraw-Hill,1999),andWallStreet:AHistory(OxfordUniversityPress,1997).WallStreet:AHistorywaswidelyreviewedandwasontheNewYorkTimesBusinessBestsellerListforthreemonthsandwasaselectionoftheHistoryBookClubandtheBookoftheMonthClubInternational.From1972-75,GeissttaughtpoliticalscienceinanopenadmissionsenvironmentintheCityUniversityofNewYorkbeforetakingajobonWallStreet.Subsequently,heworkedasacapitalmarketsanalystandinvestmentbankeratseveralinvestmentbanksintheCityofLondon.Since1985hehastaughtfinanceatManhattanCollegewhereheispresentlyaprofessoroffinance.Hewasnamedthecollege'sfirstLouisF.CapalboChairinBusinessin1993.ConsultingassignmentsinfinancialmarketshavebeenwithCazenove&Co.,S.G.Warburg&Co.,theHudsonInstitute,andJ.P.Morgan&Co.ListedinWho'sWhoandafrequentparticipantinRenaissanceWeekend,hehaspublishedprofessionalandtradearticlesinmagazinesandjournalssuchastheInternationalHeraldTribune,NeueZurcherZeitung,NewsdayandEuromoney.