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on National Economic Council, 166

personality of, 169, 186

power of, 166

in private sector, 167

revolving door phenomenon and, 165–170

thought constructs by, 63

Vikram Pandit and, 139, 204

“Rubinomics,” 167

Rules, 221–222, 225

Rumors, 41

Rüschlikon, 122

Rushkoff, Douglas, 8, 220

Russia, 144, 208, 219

Russian Direct Investment Fund, 194

Russian Federation, 115

Rwanda, 171, 192

Ryan, Michelle, 154

S

SAC Capital, 88

Sachs, Jeffrey, 107

Sadikoglu, Kahraman, 120

Sales skills, 59, 62

Salomon Brothers, 208

SALT. See SkyBridge Alternatives Conference

Samuelson, Paul, 185

Sandberg, Sheryl, 153, 155, 157

Sanford C. Bernstein, 150

Sarkozy, Nicolas, 24, 159, 177–178

Saudi Arabia, 205 Savarona, 120

Savings banks, 37

Scaramucci, Anthony, 23, 53

Scarsdale Equities, 109

Schatzalp Hotel, 115

Schmidt, Eric, 40, 114

Scholes, Myron, 208

Schumer, Chuck, 27

Schwab, Klaus

background on, 93–96

Christine Lagarde and, 158

common good and, 225

at Davos, 116

digital technology and, 99

education of, 96

network power of, 95, 101

stakeholder principle of, 63

World Economic Forum and, 25, 93–96, 101. See also World Economic Forum

Schwarzman, Steve

background on, 59–62

Blackstone Group, xxvii, 27, 30, 53, 60–61, 79, 88, 109, 204

at charity events, 129

earnings by, 88

education of, 61

general references to, xxvii, 4, 9, 76, 109, 192

at Milken Institute conference, 192

net worth of, 88, 123

partnerships by, 79

philanthropy by, 82

power lunches by, 124

residences of, 89–92

in think tanks, 106

Schwarzman Scholars program, 103

Scotland, 212

Scowcroft, Brent, 45

Seagram Building, 124–125

SEC. See Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission, 87, 175–176, 217

Self-confidence, 102

Sense of self, 66

Seoul, 194

Sex scandals, 196

Sexism gap, 155–156

Sexual discrimination, 155–156

Sexual harassment, 156, 201

Shadow banking system, 10

Shadow banks, 38

Shadow government, 121

Shaming, 225

Shiller, Robert, 4

Sickness, 138

Siemens AG, 142, 144

Sierra Leone, 171

Silicon Valley, 201

Simons, James, 87–88

Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson, 27

Sitaras, John, 126

Sitaras Fitness, 125–126

Six degrees of separation theory, 18

Skadden, Arps, 201

Skepticism, 64

SkyBridge Alternatives Conference, 24

SkyBridge Capital, 23–24, 53

Slaughter, Anne-Marie, 157

Sleep deprivation, 134

Sleeping pills, 134

Social capital

accumulation of, 51

description of, 23, 25–27, 78, 202

exchange of, 52

opportunities associated with, 52–53

Social connections, 45–46

“Social connections meets the crisis,” 46

Social corrosion, 221

Social hierarchies, 22

Social Isolation and New Technology, 100

Social networks, 100

Social responsibility, 226

Social skills, 58

Social standing, 22, 225

Socialism, 219

Society

financial system’s importance in, 9–10

rules of, 221

social standing and status in, 21–22

stereotype of women by, 153

value for, 225–226

“Soft power,” 225

Sorkin, Andrew Ross, 172

Soros, George

access to other superhubs by, 26–27

annual earnings by, 88

as superhub, 15–18, 21, 26–27

background on, 15–16, 62

in Barack Obama presidency, 173–174

Bedford estate of, 127

convening power of, 25

eightieth birthday party of, 27

El Mirador estate of, 126–127

failures by, 65

general references to, xxv, 2, 7, 11, 13, 15–18, 21, 53, 59, 76, 86, 106, 109–110, 194, 196, 199, 209, 229

humor by, 103

income inequality warnings by, 212

Institute for New Economic Thinking creation by, 106–108

net worth of, 88, 123

network creation by, 103

philanthropy by, 17

private parties given by, 126–127

reflexivity theory, 63

reputation of, 16

residences of, 90, 126–128

at Sitaras Fitness, 125

wedding to Tamiko Bolton, 27

at World Economic Forum in Davos, 15, 21

Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire, 62

Soros Fund Management, 107

South Sudan, 194

Soviet Union, 226

Spain, 177, 212

Sperling, Gene, 168, 185

Spouses, 79–81, 135, 225

Square, 189

Sri Lanka, 194–195

Stakeholder principle, 63, 95–96

Stanford Business School, 36

Stanford University, 81

“State secrets,” 49

State Street, 179

Status

convening power effects on, 25

description of, 21–22

favors and, 25–26

hierarchy and, 22

reputation and, 22–23

wealth effects on, 22

Steinbrück, Peer, 142

Stephanopoulos, George, 185

Stern School of Business, 47

Stewart, Jimmy, 217

Stockholm Syndrome, 163

Stone, Oliver, 24, 47

Strauss-Kahn, Dominique, xxv

arrest of, 39, 193–194

downfall of, 193–194

in Euro crisis, 177–178

at International Monetary Fund, 117–118, 193

Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Advisors, 195

in money management, 195

resignation of, 84, 154

Stress, 138

Subprime crisis, 140, 183, 223

Success

criteria for achieving, 18

wealth and, 85

Suicide, 138, 195, 211

Summers, Larry, 227

as U.S. treasury secretary, 186

background on, 184–190

at Bildersberg conference, 121

Cornel West and, 187

Council of Economic Advisers leadership by, 188

education of, 36

Federal Reserve chairman campaign by, 188–189

general references to, 4

implosion of, 187–188

at INET conference, 107

interconnections of, 84

International Monetary Fund

and, 39

on Bretton Woods Committee, 106

personality of, 186–187, 190

in private sector, 165

professional rise of, 185–186

Robert Rubin and, 168, 186, 189

Schwarzman Scholars program participation by, 103

“toxic memo gate,” 187

Superhubs. See also specific superhub

access to, 23–26, 53, 174

characteristics of, 11, 30, 55–56, 64, 80

children of, 135–136

competitiveness of, 55

“convening power” of, 25

at Davos, 8–12

definition of, xxiv, xxvi, xxviii, 11

degrees of separation for, 19

divorce rates among, 135

in financial system, 19, 26

financial systems affected by, 215

habitat of, 89–92

homogeneity among, 78–79

implosion of. See Implosion influence of, 20

lifestyle of, 133–135

media scrutiny of, 136–137

net worth of, 88

networking by, 100

node connections by, 19–20

open-mindedness of, 62

personal relationships among, 10–12

power of, 14, 25–26

“power-law distribution” of, 20

pressure on, 227

prioritization by, 24

quest for power by, 55–56

recognizing of, 21

residences of, 89–92

self-reinforcing feedback loops

for, 13

wealth of, 85–89

“Superhuman paradox,” 157

Swiss Federal Council, 94

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, xxv, 179

Swiss National Bank, 30, 38–39, 43

Swiss Re Centre, 122

Switzerland, 122, 144

Systems thinking, xxvi-xxvii, 218

T

Taconic Capital, 170, 189

“Takers,” 104

Taleb, Nassim, 49

TARP. See Troubled Asset Relief Program

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