Former investment banker and NY Times bestseller William Cohan on his latest book, Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street. Also discussed: Paramount&#x27;s debt-laden buyout of Warner Bros and how no price tag seems to deter the uber-wealthy likes of Elon Musk and today&#x27;s private-equity players.

William D. Cohan

Full Disclosure with Roben Farzad

[SPEAKER_00] Wall Street Media and Technology Markets and the Business of Culture, Full Disclosure, I'm Roben Farzad

[SPEAKER_01] Hello, Leon, how could you have done this? You have such exquisite judgment in your professional life. Why do you have such lousy judgment in your personal life? You know, he gave explanations that he clearly believes. Some of them are harder for me to believe. You know, but I do give him credit for one thing, at least. I mean, he, aside from sitting with me and answering my questions, he did ask the special committee of the Apollo Board of Directors as the largest shareholder.

[SPEAKER_01] He's also chairman of the board at that time, so they set up a special committee. He said, I want you to investigate my interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. And they did that.

[SPEAKER_00] Recidivist, nonfiction bestseller Bill Cohen is back with his latest, Money to Burn, the unvarnished truth about Leon Black, Apollo and the rise of a new Wall Street. Stick around.

[SPEAKER_00] Watch Full Disclosure on YouTube and listen to us on NPR, Spotify, Apple and all of the podcatchers. We put them all at one link, FullDRadio.com. Again, FullDRadio.com. Please subscribe, rate us, tell your girlfriend, mother-in-law, friends, everybody and catch me on CNN and NPR's Here and Now. Joining me, welcome back. Bill Cohen, the new book is Money to Burn, the unvarnished truth about Leon Black, Apollo and the rise of a new Wall Street.

[SPEAKER_00] Mr. Cohen is an inveterate bestseller. I'm thinking of Power Failure, The Last Tycoon's, gosh, House of Cards. Sir, you've written for Vanity Fair. You've been in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNN. How are you?

William D. Cohan

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The candid version is on a podcast,
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William D. Cohan

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The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.