Loida Lewis, Blair S. Walker

Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? (eBook, ePUB)

An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Widowed mom shatters notions of how trailblazing CEOs look and act If Crazy Rich Asians and a Greek tragedy had a literary offspring, it would be the spitting image of Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? The true story of resolute immigration lawyer and activist Loida Lewis, Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? begins with Loida's adventure-packed Philippine upbringing. A torrid love affair with brilliant, irascible financier Reginald Lewis follows, as does regal living in Manhattan and Paris, and gut-wrenching loss, all before Loida shockingly commandeers a multibillion-dollar, multinational conglomerate and leads it with aplomb. You'll learn how she dealt with her husband's untimely death at the age of 50 and how she managed to raise two independent daughters even as she shepherded a multinational corporation to record earnings. Readers will also find: * Explorations of how the author overcame her severe depression after the loss of her beloved husband * Discussions of how faith and perseverance helped Loida overcome the myriad challenges and obstacles in her path * How the author, a Filipina-American woman, navigated a business world dominated by hard-charging white males A fascinating and engaging memoir from one of America's leading female executives, Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? is an inspiring and uplifting true story of how an ordinary person can rise to achieve extraordinary things.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119989844
• Artikelnr.: 67673689

Autorenporträt

LOIDA LEWIS is the former Chair and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. A lawyer by education and admitted to practice in the Philippines and New York, Loida is the first Filipino woman to pass the New York bar without attending law school in the United States. She chairs the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation which her late husband, Reginald Lewis, founded in 1987, the same year he became the first African American to acquire a billion-dollar multinational corporation. Loida Lewis began guiding the fortunes of TLC Beatrice in 1994, a year after her husband's untimely passing.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue ix

Chapter 1 The Girl from Sorsogon 1

Chapter 2 "Here Come the Nicolases!" 13

Chapter 3 "I Have a Headache!" 29

Chapter 4 Dragons and Monsters 43

Chapter 5 Lover/Mother/Lawyer 53

Chapter 6 Fighting Tyranny and Discrimination 65

Chapter 7 Mogul Madness 73

Chapter 8 "You Represent Me!" 85

Chapter 9 The Life of Riley 97

Chapter 10 Loida Never Fails 109

Chapter 11 Some Rain Must Fall 117

Chapter 12 Losing My Soulmate 125

Chapter 13 Unfinished Business 137

Chapter 14 From Mrs. Lewis to Madam Chair 149

Chapter 15 Liquidity Crisis 155

Chapter 16 Puts and Calls 167

Chapter 17 Winding Down TLC Beatrice 175

Chapter 18 Progeny, Philanthropy, Politics 183

Chapter 19 Photo Gallery 187

Acknowledgments 197

Other Books By Loida Lewis 199

Other Books By Blair S. Walker 199

Books About Reginald F. Lewis 200

Index 201