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b"William Cohan worked as an investment banker for 17 years at some of the most prestigious firms on Wall Street. But after he lost his job at JPMorgan Chase in his mid-forties, he decided to pivot to writing, and he's now one of the world\\u2019s premier financial journalists. In today\\u2019s episode, William shares his journey on and off Wall Street, provides his insights on some of the most influential business leaders in history, and breaks down the rise and fall of one of America\\u2019s most influential companies, General Electric.\\n\\nWilliam Cohan is the author of multiple New York Times bestselling books. A former longtime special correspondent at Vanity Fair, he is also a founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication. His most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, which is about the astounding rise and precipitous fall of General Electric.\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Hala and William will discuss:\\n- His journey from journalist to investment banker and back\\n- Working on Wall Street in the 1980s\\n- How not to get hoodwinked by the Street\\n- Why it\\u2019s never too late to change careers\\n- Creating a new business model for journalism at Puck\\n- The rise and fall of General Electric\\n- Channeling the energy of GE\\u2019s legendary CEO Jack Welch\\n- Why you don\\u2019t need to be a founder or inventor to make it big\\n- And other topics\\u2026\\n\\xa0\\nWilliam Cohan was a senior Wall Street M&A investment banker for 17 years at Lazard Fr\\xe8res & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase. He is the New York Times bestselling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; and The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Fr\\xe8res & Co. A former longtime special correspondent at Vanity Fair, he is also a founding partner of Puck, a daily digital news and opinion publication. His most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, which is about the astounding rise and precipitous fall of General Electric, once the world\\u2019s most valuable and respected companies.\\n\\xa0\\nResources Mentioned:\\nWilliam\\u2019s Website: https://williamcohan.com/\\nWilliam\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdcohan/\\nWilliam\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilliamCohan\\nWilliam\\u2019s Newsletter (Dry Powder): https://puck.news/newsletters/dry-powder/\\nWilliam Cohan\\u2019s most recent book is Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-General-Electric/dp/0593084160/\\n\\xa0\\nLinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life:\\nUse code \\u2018podcast\\u2019 for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course.\\n\\xa0\\nSponsored By:\\nJustworks - Learn more about Justworks by visiting youngandprofiting.co/justworks\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nMore About Young and Profiting\\nDownload Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com\\xa0\\nGet Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships\\nLeave a Review - \\xa0ratethispodcast.com/yap\\nWatch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting\\n\\xa0\\nFollow Hala Taha\\nLinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\nInstagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/\\nTikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala\\nTwitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/"