Product Description

In "the best book to date on the subject" (San Francisco Chronicle), prize-winning journalist David A. Kaplan brings to life the culture and history of Silicon Valley. The symbol of high-tech genius and ineffable wealth, a place that competes with Hollywood and Washington in the zeitgeist of success and excess, the Valley is the epicenter of the New Economy. Depending on yesterday's stock market close, roughly a quartermillion Siliconillionaires live in the Valley. And they're building megalo-mansions and buying Lamborghinis as fast as they can. Combining reportorial insight and biting wit, The Silicon Boys tells the unforgettable story of dreams and greed, ambition and luck, that has become the Valley of the Dollars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1640807 in Books
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .89" h x 5.37" w x 8.07" l, .62 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

-- USA Today
"Glorious. [Kaplan's] prologue alone is a must-read."

Dallas Morning News
"Does for the high-tech hierarchy of Silicon Valley what Connie Bruck did so brilliantly for Boesky, Mike Milken and the rest of the '80s Wall Street crowd in The Predators' Ball. Colorful portraits ... a keen sense of chronology and a real gift for explication."

About the Author

DAVID A. KAPLAN is a senior writer for Newsweek. His 1999 book on F he history and culture of Silicon Valley, The Silicon Boys, was a 5 national bestseller and has been translated into six languages. A graduate of Cornell and the New York University School of Law, Kaplan lives with his wife and two sons in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.