| Description |
xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Girl From Sorsogon -- "Here Come the Nicolases" -- "I Have a Headache!" -- Dragons & Monsters -- Lover/Mother/Lawyer -- Fighting Tyranny and Discrimination -- Mogul Madness -- "You Represent Me!" -- The Life of Riley -- Loida Never Fails -- Some Rain Must Fall -- Losing My Soulmate -- Unfinished Business -- From Mrs. Lewis to Madam Chair -- Liquidity Crisis -- Puts & Calls -- Winding Down TLC Beatrice -- Progeny, Philanthropy, Politics. |
| Summary |
"Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? lets readers glimpse the amazing life and achievements of business leader, author, attorney, and human rights activist Loida Nicolas Lewis, who has graced the cover of Working Woman magazine as 'The Most Powerful Female CEO in America.' Born in the Philippines, Loida came to New York City as a young woman and fell head over heels for Reginald F. Lewis, a brilliant, volatile African American lawyer who acquired and operated a billion-dollar, international food corporation before dying of brain cancer at the age of 50. Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? is the story of Loida's complicated marriage to an iconic, take-no-prisoners businessman; her bid to forge her own identity working as an attorney, immigration expert, real estate investor, author, and activist; her paralyzing depression after Reg's death; her subsequent efforts to raise two young daughters. Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? also highlights how Loida's unshakeable faith in the Almighty helped her to rescue her late husband's financially ailing company and push it to record earnings. There's an amazing paucity of business books focusing on female CEOs and on immigrant success stories. In this book readers will appreciate Loida's candid take on what it's like to be a principled, Christian-oriented Filipina in a world dominated by hard-charging white males, not to mention the way Loida pulls back the curtain on her business successes and miscalculations, and the incredible challenge of being a widow raising two young children while regularly shuttling between Manhattan and Paris as she guides a huge multinational corporation. Readers who've been challenged by life's vicissitudes twists and turns will put down Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? appreciating that there's no obstacle that perseverance and faith can't vanquish"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Lewis, Loida Nicolas.
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Filipino American women -- Biography.
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Filipino American businesspeople -- Biography.
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Women executives -- United States -- Biography.
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Lewis, Loida Nicolas. (OCoLC)fst00291478
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Filipino American businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00924185
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Filipino American women. (OCoLC)fst00924191
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Women executives. (OCoLC)fst01177651
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business.
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BUS077000.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Walker, Blair S., author.
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| Added Title |
Asian American story of love, marriage, motherhood, and running a billion-dollar empire |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Lewis, Loida Nicolas. Why should guys have all the fun? Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2023] 9781119989851 (DLC) 2022061026 |
| ISBN |
9781119989837 (hardcover) |
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1119989833 (hardcover) |
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