Eli and the Octopus: The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World's Most Notorious Corporations

by Matt Garcia

Book Overview

The poignant rise and fall of an idealistic immigrant who, as CEO of a major conglomerate, tried to change the way America did business before he himself was swallowed up by corporate corruption.

At 8 a.m. on February 3, 1975, Eli Black leapt to his death from the 44th floor of Manhattan's Pan Am building. The immigrant-turned-CEO of United Brands--formerly United Fruit, now Chiquita--Black seemed an embodiment of the American dream...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980808
• ISBN13: 9780674980808
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"