GTCR’s Bruce Rauner Talks Investments
WHAT I WAS THINKING: The private equity firm chair on his biggest winner, biggest dry hole, and more
Contributors: Jeff Bailey
CME Group CEO Craig Donohue on the Financial Crisis, Chicago’s Inferiority Complex, and More
Warren Buffett and others have warned about the evils of derivatives—the contracts traded on CME’s Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. And after every financial debacle, especially the latest, derivatives are trotted out as a cause. Are these things the kerosene on a fire they’re made out to be? Derivatives didn’t cause the … Read more
Q & A with Bethany McLean, Author of ‘All the Devils Are Here’
STORM TRACKER: The coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room—the bestseller about the Enron debacle—discusses her newest tale of Wall Street villainy, about the global financial collapse
Joe Mansueto on Morningstar, Warren Buffett, the Financial Collapse, and More
WHAT I WAS THINKING: We talk to the founder and CEO of the Chicago-based mutual funds rating service
Invenergy Founder Michael Polsky on Alternative Energy, Enterpreneurship, and More
WHAT I WAS THINKING: Michael Polsky, 61, founder of Invenergy, one of the nation’s largest developers of alternative energy projects
Magellan's James Loewenberg on Aqua and Surviving the Downturn
Jeff Bailey, a veteran business reporter who writes Chicago magazine’s “What I Was Thinking” column, interviews James R. Loewenberg, the co-CEO of Magellan Development Group and the president of Loewenberg Architects…