| International Standard Book Number |
9781394304028 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1394304021 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Calamos, John P., author.
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| Title Statement |
The sky's the limit : lessons in service, entrepreneurship and achieving the American dream / John P. Calamos, Sr., Joe Garner.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2025.
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| Physical Description |
ix, 184 pages, 14 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| General Note |
Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The American dream: A journey begins -- Stock boy and the stock certificates -- Factory floors to academic halls -- Shaping his vision -- Active duty -- Red smoke! -- The defining mission -- Back to the states -- Civilian life again -- Founding of Calamos Investments -- We hired PhDs -- A journey home -- Strategies for stability -- A journey together -- A lifelong passion for flight -- Calamos goes public -- Weathering the storm -- A new era begins -- Reclaiming control -- From success to significance -- Global influence -- Excellence, innovation, and leadership -- Forging a lasting legacy -- From the desk of John P. Calamos, Sr. -- Acknowledgments -- About Joe Garner -- Index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Stories and lessons from John P. Calamos Sr., a rags-to-riches self-made American billionaire... Each chapter contains stories and business lessons he learned along the way. From a stock boy in his parents' grocery store in Chicago's west side, to 400+ combat missions in Vietnam, to launching his own firm which now has upwards of $35 billion in assets, John's career and the extreme success he's enjoyed through that career have been built on taking risks and being resilient. Some of the events detailed in this book include: Teenage John's discovery of stock certificates in his family's basement ignites a passion for investing Major Calamos' time in the Air Force, including five years of active duty flying B-52 bombers and twelve years in the Reserves flying A-37 jet fighters Pioneering initiatives to launch one of the first convertible funds in 1985 and one of the first liquid alternative funds in 1990"-- Publisher's website.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Calamos, John P.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Entrepreneurship.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Leadership.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Investments.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Business.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pilots and pilotage United States Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Portfolio managers Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Garner, Joe, author.
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