The Pride
About this ebook
Sture Jorgenson’s rise from a dishwasher to part-owner of a trendy restaurant has him rubbing elbows with many powerful people, but when Sture gains entrée into The Pride, he becomes part of a coterie of New York’s most accomplished black men and women. Paul Taylor, Sture’s business partner, is a charter member of The Pride. Accustomed to the good life, complete with a luxurious townhouse, fine wine, and fine women, Paul learns that even the good life has its complications. Diedre Douglas, Paul’s brilliant ex-wife, is on top in the business world, but there’s a new challenge around the corner she might not be able to best. And fellow Pride member Gordon Perkins is Wall Street’s top black investment banker, a man whose brilliance and drive are exceeded only by his insatiable appetite for control and cruelty. Those who get close to him get hurt—with one notable exception...
About the author
WALLACE FORD is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he was a Senior Fellow, and Harvard Law School. He is the principal of Fordworks Associates, a management consulting firm, and has been a member of the faculty at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a practicing lawyer. Working extensively in Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, his clients have included the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Irish Stock Exchange, the Republic of Haiti, and the National Investment Bank of Jamaica. In addition to working as a corporate lawyer, he has been an investment banker, professional actor, manager of a venture capital company, and a feature writer for Essence® and Turning Point magazines. In the public sector, he has been President of the State of New York Mortgage Agency and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Business Services. He has also been a speechwriter for members of Congress, mayors, and business leaders. Ford resides in New York City with his son, Wallace III.
