John Davis: Harry Hodgetts, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Harry Hodgetts
- The flawed broker behind Don Bradman's move to Adelaide
- Publisher:
- Wakefield Press, 07/2024
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781923042261
- Item number:
- 11937275
- Volume:
- 178 Pages
- Weight:
- 226 g
- Format:
- 210 x 140 mm
- Thickness:
- 10 mm
- Release date:
- 17.7.2024
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
From 'Big Shot' to 'Swindler'. From 'palatial two-storey Kensington Park home' to 'the cold cells of Adelaide Gaol'. Racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945.
Hodgetts was Adelaide's leading stockbroker, with 4000 clients, including a governor and governor-general. He gave outstanding service to lacrosse and cricket, educational institutions and the Royal Institute for the Blind but he is best remembered as the man who struck a deal to have the young Don Bradman move to Adelaide, play cricket for South Australia and work part-time in his office.
How did things go so wrong for Hodgetts? With his wealth of historical knowledge, John Davis has written the complex and riveting story of this hard-working, gifted social climber, his fall into bankruptcy and a prison cell, and the scandal that haunted Bradman's reputation.
Biography
John Davis is a Practice Associate Professor of Marketing at Singapore Management University where he is also Director of the Centre for Marketing Excellence. He is the author of Measuring Marketing: 103Key Metrics Every Marketer Needs and Magic Numbers for Consumer Marketing, and is founder of Brand New View, a global consulting and training company.John teaches and consults with companies around the world, is a featured speaker at conferences, and is regularly sought by news media for his views on marketing, sales and branding. He has founded two award-winning companies and led marketing teams at Nike, Informix and Transamerica.He earned his MBA from Columbia University and his BA from Stanford University.
