Steve coll on exxonmobils sinister kingdom and private empire. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It chronicles how exxonmobil the energy behemoth that recently displaced walmart atop the fortune 500 list, with. In private empire steve coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the united states, revealing the true extent of its power. In this prizewinning book, the author of ghost wars and the bin ladens investigates the notoriously mysterious exxonmobil corporation and the secrets of the oil industry in many of the nations where it operates, exxonmobil has a greater sway than that of the us embassy, its annual revenues are.
In many of the countries where it conducts business, exxonmobils sway over politics and security is greater than that of the united. At that time, as president of exxon before the merger with mobil in 1999. The worlds largest publicly traded company operates as an independent sovereign, and it is one of the most secretive networks on the globe. Private empire opens during a rare episode of vulnerability for exxon. Steve coll, a staff writer, is the dean of the graduate school of journalism at columbia university and reports on issues of intelligence and national security in the united states and abroad.
In many of the countries where it conducts business, exxonmobils sway over politics and security is greater than that. Exxonmobil oozing success books and arts the economist. Coll employs language thats plain, clear, and free of. Author steve coll unearths the companys secrets in private empire, tracking the corporations role on the world stage from the exxon valdez. Private empire, steve colls book on exxon mobil the. Private empire private empire is an objective examination of the worlds second largest company, and is all the better for it, says matthew partridge. Exxonmobils annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. Theres a startling scene early in steve coll s private empire in which lee raymond, then the chief executive of exxonmobil, speaks with offhanded candor about where his loyalties lie. In private empire steve coll investigates the largest and most powe. Steve coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the united states, revealing the true extent of its power.
Exxonmobil and american power by steve coll 685pp, allen lane t. Steve coll on exxonmobils sinister kingdom and private empire oil. Select multiple pdf files and merge them in seconds. Consider private empire a sequel of sorts to the prize, daniel yergins pulitzerwinning history of the oil industry coll s portrait of exxonmobil is.
Exxonmobil and american power is a masterful study of big oils biggest player coll s indepth reporting, buttressed by his anecdotal prose, make private empire a mustread. Steve coll has written no fairy tale, and his sweeping, ultimately numbing account. Also by steve coll the bin ladens ghost wars on the grand trunk road eagle on the street with david a. The worlds largest publicly traded company operates as an independent sovereign, and it is one of the most secretive. A private empire on the world stage in private empire, investigative journalist steve coll explains how exxonmobil has used its money and power to. Private empire, steve colls book on exxon mobil the new york. Private empire is a big book about big oil, big money and big government.
Exxonmobil and american power, journalist steve coll noted that raymond knew vice president dick. The cover of private empire, steve colls new book about the exxon. The cover of private empire, steve coll s new book about the exxon mobil corporation, is a forbidding black slab. From the awardwinning and bestselling author of ghost wars and directorate s, an extraordinary and monumental expose of big oil. It is to steve coll s credit that private empire, his new book about exxonmobil, refuses to subscribe to such a simplistic view. Exxonmobil and american power find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Steve coll s private empire is winner of the ftgoldman sachs business book of the year award 2012. In many of the countries where it conducts business, exxonmobils sway over.