Eli and the Octopus. The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World's Most Notorious Corporations, Hardback/***

Eli Black was the immigrant rabbi-turned-CEO who transformed the notoriously corrupt United Fruit into a model of ethical business. Then he died by suicide. How did it all go wrong? Matt Garcia traces Black's own descent into corruption and despair-the unraveling, and the deliberate forgetting, of one of America's most enigmatic business leaders. Publisher: Harvard University Press Illustration(s): 4 Maps Number of pages: 280 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 210 x 140 Cover type: Hardback