Word: perkinses
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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In his defense, it was the Harvard Business School alum’s first attempt at writing a novel, after having spent the past few decades building the famous Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, & Byers. According to Perkins, all profits will be donated to HBS.
This project is less astonishing in light of the fact that Tom Perkins was briefly married to famed romance novelist Danielle Steel.
The protagonist, Steven Hudson, is a powerful N.Y. investment banker. Like Perkins, Steven receives a letter asking him to be the star in a reality television show called “Trophy Bride” where young, female 20-somethings compete to marry a “zillionaire.?...
Another shallow but fun character is the first contestant vying for Steven’s heart, Crystal Style, whose real name is Emma Zarkowski. Perkins cannot get enough of poking fun at her lack of style and culture by noting that her coat was not fur but ?...
Gregory, Jessie’s dense but handsome fiancé, encompasses more of what Perkins looks down upon. Gregory is an assistant to a self-help guru who only talks about the “inner child.” When Jessie asks him how he sees their relationship, he...