One of the things that make Stephen’s Frey’s novels extremely enjoyable is his detailed knowledge of the financial markets and the investment industry. Another is his ability 
The book provides an interesting glance into the world of the financial wizards who move staggering amounts of money and exercise a lot influence over a lot of things – controlling many destinies as a means to make the money grow.
After the chairman of Everest Capital dies, partner Christian Gillette is elected successor. So now, suddenly the young man finds himself the head of Everest Capital, one of the world’s largest private equity partnerships. Gillette now wields previously unimagined power and is exposed to equally unimagined danger. Somebody is after him: His limo explodes, he survives an assassination attempt. But why? What do they want? Who stands to gain?
Gillette doesn’t mind wielding his might, first by firing one of the managing partners, then by snubbing a U.S. senator; however, accumulating enemies does not stop Gillette from planning the biggest venture fund in history. But as more and more people start dying around him, he seeks outside assistance and hires a band of tough body guards. And seeks to unravel the mysteries surrounding the death of his former boss, the attempts on his life, the betrayals, the information leakages from his firm, and the multiple others strange things happening.
Gillette is an interesting character. He is clearly motivated by money and risk taking, but there is more to him as well – a human side, emotions and motivations gradually revealed in the book. I liked Christian Gillette, and in my opinion Stephen Frey has done a great job of character development in The Chairman.
For sure, there are a few somewhat implausible scenarios and assumptions in this book. But if you’re willing to overlook those, The Chairman is an excellent and very entertaining financial thriller, written by one of the best authors of such thrillers for the moment. I enjoyed it a lot.
Praise for The Chairman:
“[Frey’s] best yet . . . twists galore, great action and crisp dialogue. With his lively writing and cynical humor, this author . . . is a captivating tour guide to a Wall Street wonderland of greed, folly and deceit.”
–Forbes
“High-stakes power play at its most ferocious level. Read it!”
–Donald J. Trump
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