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Cover of Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1920
Mentioned 8 times across 6 podcasts · 2019–2026
Mention timeline8 mentions
20192026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Samer Sarraf - Investing in the GCC: Private Equity Discipline in Public Markets
Value Investing with Legends · Mar 2026 · 14:19
“reading a lot of the finance books like the barbarians at the gate or myers poker and getting excited about the world ”
2025
#818: John Arnold with Dr. Peter Attia — The Greatest Energy Trader of All Time on Lessons Learned, Walking Away from Wall Street, and Reinventing Philanthropy
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2025 · 19:21
“and i think barbarians at the gate both classic books about wall street ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s
2022
#250 Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)
Founders · Jun 2022 · 8:34
“there's a blurb on the t on the front of the book that is from the author of this book called the barbarians at the gate ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
MFM Goes Viral on TikTok, Solana Billionaires, Right to Be Forgotten, and More
My First Million · Jan 2022 · 74:10
“barbarians at the gate shit like this is like nineteen eighties like drexel um like hostile takeover ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 7s
2021
#118 Doug Conant: Leadership With Integrity
The Knowledge Project · Aug 2021 · 1:24
“worked at nabisco during the toxic leverage bioculture that prompted the book barbarians at the gate ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
#495: David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group, on Lessons Learned, Jeff Bezos, Raising Billions of Dollars, Advising Presidents, and Sprinting to the End
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2021 · 36:41
“for those who don't know that's a famous book written about the r j r takeover done by kkr in nineteen eighty nine ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s
2020
#443: David Yarrow on Art, Markets, Business, and Combining It All
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2020 · 30:27
“and the books we read were books like barbarians of the gates and large ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s
2019
Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN
Acquired · Jan 2019 · 61:15
“this becomes the subject of the book barbarians at the gate ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s