Summary of Jerry Oppenheimer's Crazy Rich

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Get the Summary of Jerry Oppenheimer's Crazy Rich in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, Crazy Rich, based on scores of exclusive, candid, on-the-record interviews, reveals how the dynasty's vast fortune was both intoxicating and toxic through the generations of a family that gave the world Band-Aids and Baby Oil.

At the same time, they've been termed perhaps the most dysfunctional family in the fortune 500. Oppenheimer is the author of biographies of the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Hiltons and Martha Stewart, among other American icons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638158967

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Insights on Jerry Oppenheimer's Crazy Rich

Contents

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Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

One of the author’s classmates at Millbrook School was Steve Kroll, who later became a managing director at Monness, Crespi, Hardt Company.

#2

Steve Kroll, a New York City real estate magnate, was a major fundraiser for McCain. He helped the baby oil and baby powder heir raise seven million dollars for the Republican candidate.

#3

Some of the McCain campaign’s largest donors were friends of the owner, Woody Johnson.

#4

The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which was the hometown of Johnson’s mother and her brother. The convention’s host committee faced a ten million dollar deficit, but it was believed that Johnson and his wealthy friends helped out.

#5

The author’s great-great-grandmother, Betty Wold Johnson, was the matriarch of the Johnson family. She was thrice-married and had four children. She was also compared to Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the matriarch of the Kennedy family, due to their similar lives and tragedies.

#6

While Ethel Kennedy went to Catholic mass every day, it was Betty Johnson who was nicknamed Mother Superior by members of the Johnson family.

#7

Woody Johnson was one of the main reasons the Republican Party was able to raise so much money. He was the chairman and CEO of the New York Jets, and had spent a lot of time accumulating political muscle.

#8

By 2011, both McCain and Romney were Republicans, and both had been backed by private equity mogul and billionaire Ron Lauder. They both shared the same political philosophies, and were both considered low-key individuals.

#9

Some Republicans were thinking about putting billionaire Johnson heir Woody Johnson into the Senate in New Jersey, though many questions still surrounded him. While he was a very public figure, his private life remained a mystery.

#10

The New York Jets owner, Woody Johnson, was talked up as a potential presidential candidate in 2011. He was also known for his over-the-top spending habits.

#11

In a 2006 Senate investigation, it was revealed that billionaire NFL owner Woody Johnson had been using offshore tax havens.

#12

After the Senate report exposed how billionaire Republican Woody Johnson had dodged millions in taxes by using a secret Isle of Man company, little was said about it publicly. Johnson was never accused of any wrongdoing, and he hired new head coach Herman Edwards in 2006.

#13

The author’s friend, the NFL team owner Woody Johnson, was embarrassed by the antics of his head coach,