Breaking Glass
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Breaking Glass

Tales from the Witch of Wall Street

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Breaking Glass

Tales from the Witch of Wall Street

About this book

Featured in Fast Company A "drama-filled...compelling memoir" from the "smartest woman on Wall Street." — Kirkus Reviews Kicked out of a cult at seventeen, Patricia Walsh Chadwick started on the bottom rung of the ladder in the world of business and worked her way to the top—breaking through the glass ceiling to become a global partner at Invesco. Patricia grew up in a religious community-turned-cult in the Boston area. At the age of seventeen, she was forced out of her home, leaving behind her entire family, and without access to higher education. From her first job as a receptionist at a brokerage firm, she clawed her way up the ladder—rung by rung—in that bastion of male chauvinism: Wall Street. By going to college at night, she achieved her degree in economics from Boston University, and from there, she headed to New York City. With a drive that earned her the moniker "Witch of Wall Street, " she rose from the ranks of research analyst to portfolio manager, where she was responsible for billions of dollars in pension and endowment assets. A turning point in her life was giving birth to twins at the age of forty-five, and she continued forward in her career, becoming a global partner at Invesco. At the turn of the millennium, she left Wall Street behind and embarked on a second career as a corporate board director.

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Contents
  3. Musings from the ā€œWitch of Wall Streetā€: A Prologue of Sorts
  4. A Note to the Reader
  5. Chapter 1: Reflections on Things Past
  6. Chapter 2: Silence Is Golden
  7. Chapter 3: Where Do I Go from Here?
  8. Chapter 4: What Is This Thing Called Love?
  9. Chapter 5: A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
  10. Chapter 6: Lessons in Grace from Sister Ann Mary
  11. Chapter 7: The First Rung on the Ladder
  12. Chapter 8: Learning to Fly
  13. Chapter 9: Hard Landing
  14. Chapter 10: The Five-Million-Dollar Challenge
  15. Chapter 11: Nightmare
  16. Chapter 12: Thank You, Edwin
  17. Chapter 13: Fast Friends
  18. Chapter 14: A Family Reunited
  19. Chapter 15: Behind the Iron Curtain
  20. Chapter 16: Twenty-Three and Free
  21. Chapter 17: Coming ā€œHomeā€
  22. Chapter 18: Tongue on Rye at the Ritz
  23. Chapter 19: Good-Bye, Boston
  24. Chapter 20: ā€œSister Elizabeth Annā€ Revisits New York
  25. Chapter 21: New York—Here I Come
  26. Chapter 22: The Big Apple
  27. Chapter 23: Footloose and Fancy-Free
  28. Chapter 24: Romance—A New Way of Life
  29. Chapter 25: The Maven of Wall Street
  30. Chapter 26: Machinery Woman
  31. Chapter 27: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Harvard
  32. Chapter 28: Time for a Giant Step
  33. Chapter 29: Peter Vermilye
  34. Chapter 30: Machinery—Japan vs. USA
  35. Chapter 31: For the Greater Good
  36. Chapter 32: The Year of Living Dangerously
  37. Chapter 33: No Stopping Me
  38. Chapter 34: I Do
  39. Chapter 35: Daughter, Mother, Grandmother
  40. Chapter 36: And Then It Crashed
  41. Chapter 37: Facing the Truth
  42. Chapter 38: Chasing Two Dreams
  43. Chapter 39: The Best Birthday Present Ever
  44. Chapter 40: The Countdown
  45. Chapter 41: The Present from Saint Valentine
  46. Chapter 42: Sabbatical and Then
  47. Chapter 43: Time for a Change
  48. Chapter 44: After Wall Street
  49. Chapter 45: Second Career
  50. Chapter 46: Reflection
  51. Afterword: In Praise of My Mentors
  52. Acknowledgments
  53. About the Author