Walter B. Wriston

Walter B. Wriston This book was a great read which I noticed that Mr.Wriston saw the future of computers and understood it before it's time. He also saw the first ATM which he didn't think would work because people would rather go to their banks and talk to the tellers..Well, ATM won, due to convinance...
I also read about accounting which he said you could never really define the physical world and accounting on one sure thing...You just can't there are so many rules and it's, so undefined that you can get lost in the details..
He also talked about trust...Yes, it's all about trust when you work with someone or give them your busines... This is really all we have in business and that is an asset...
I have come away with some great insights and have a much better understanding of how things work and also the physical world according to business and reality..
Yes, this is a great read...… (meer)

Insight Tempered by Business Experience

The laying of a foundation for the growth of a financial giant was lead by Walter Wriston. Lucid, insightful and prophetic, he led the charge for the creation of today’s financial supermarket.

Spend a few moments with this book and you will be introduced to the man who spent 17 years as CEO of Citicorp. The essays and speeches contained in this volume reveal a sharp, creative mind, dedicated to free competition of ideas.

In 1982 I sought training which amounted to helping me find a personal computer’s on/off switch. Another lesson was how to insert a five-inch floppy diskette into its drive. About the same time, Wriston was eloquently declaring that money was a “just another form of information” on a computer screen waiting to find the friendliest government at the speed of light.

A passion defender against governmental encroachment, Wriston writes with grace, wit and insight. If more CEOs were this articulate, the business world would be a better place.… (meer)