Looking for some background information on your favorite executive?  The Kirstein Library is here to help.  In this post I’ll highlight three.

Biography Resource Center:

Try searching our Biography Resource Center.  Below is a sample search on “Mark Zuckerberg”.  In addition to his bio you will also see links to news, magazines, and video contact.

Credo Reference:

Another resource worth checking out is Credo Reference. Below is a sample screen shot for a search on “James Dimon.” This resource will pull biographical information from sources such as, 1000 CEOs, Who’s Who, Chambers, The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management, and The Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business among others.

Mergent Online:

Finally, Mergent Online is a great resource for executive data.  Below, I have searched by company name, selected the “Executives” tab and viewed “Key Officers.”

Clicking on “James Dimon” will give biographical information and compensation history.

Forbes:

Speaking of rich executives, if you’d like to see a some rankings, check out the following from Forbes:

• The World’s Most Powerful People
• The World’s Billionaires List
• The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women
• The Richest People in America

http://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/

Poorer JPMorgan, those pesky credit derivatives caused a bit of trouble no?  It reminds me of the financial meltdown of 2008.  If you’re looking for something to listen to on your way into work consider checking out one our audiobooks on the topic. 

Chasing Goldman Sachs

All the Devils Are Here

The End of Wall Street

by Roger Lowenstein
Erik Synnestvedt

 

The roots of the mortgage bubble and the story of the Wall Street collapse-and the government’s unprecedented response-from our most trusted business journalist.

 

  

Coincidentally, I happened to be watching Margin Call when the story about JPMorgan hit.  Great movie, but what movie with Stanley Tucci isn’t? It was nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay, but lost to Midnight in Paris.   If you’re looking for a fictionalized behind the scenes look at an investment firm in crisis, this is recommended watching.

Margin Call

Looking for ways to track a particular company or person in the news?  There are several resources available to you.

1. Create a Google News Alert:

Creating a Google news alert is a great way to automatically scan the web for updates on companies or topics of interest to you. Once you have entered your search term, you will receive a confirmation email to verify your Google search alert request.  Search results can include news stories, blog postings, and even video.  The frequency of results can be managed so that results come into your email as news hits the web or they can be consolidated into one email per day or per week.

 

After you have created your User Id you will need to enter your search term.  In this example I will create a news alert for the term “pinterest.”

Next, select Save this search:

Now name your search.  I have named my alert Pinterest News Alert. The alert has now been created.  I will now receive Gale news Alerts for Pinterest to my designated email.  Keep in mind that while results will be sent to your email,  you will need to be on a library computer to view the linked news stories.