Pierre de Gasquet

"He has retained the tone of his young man's voice. Who suggested that dissatisfaction is the essence of talent? He remembers Thomas Mann making his hero Gustav Aschenbach say this in Death in Venice."

""Money is not my primary interest. It rather serves as an instrument of power."

"Vincent Redier,"

"Who suggested that dissatisfaction is the essence of talent? He remembers that Thomas Mann has his hero Gustav Aschenbach say it in Death in Venice."

""One must remain silent about the powerful: there is almost always flattery in speaking well of them; there is danger in speaking ill of them while they are alive, and cowardice when they are dead." La Bruyère"

""We have been calling him 'The Godfather' for years, Tonio the godfather," jokes his cousin Bertrand Zivy, who was raised with him in his childhood."

"An inveterate bridge player, the man is as complex as his unusual journey."

"For several years now, Antoine Bernheim has chosen to indulge in his favorite sport: speaking openly what others barely dare to think silently. The concept of innermost thoughts only adds more spice to it.""

"For him, human psychology is at the core of business. "Money is not my primary interest. It rather serves as a means of power.""

"As for his favorite saying: "gratitude is a disease of the dog, not contagious to humans," he sees it as a form of provocation to "lighten the atmosphere.""

"1-Financier: The Biography of André Meyer, A story of Money, Power, and the Reshaping of American Business, by Cary Reich, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1983-1997. 2-The Master of Masters by Giancarlo Galli, Garzanti, 1995. 3-These gentlemen from Lazard, by Martine Orange, Albin Michel, 2006, p. 91. 4-Ibid., p. 138. 5-These gentlemen from Lazard, op. cit., p. 48. 6-Interview with Figaro on March 20, 2008; collected statements by Sophie Fay. 7-The New Economist from March 22, 1991, investigation by Hedwige Chevrillon. 8-Ibid. 9-The Festive Spirit, by Michel David-Weill, with journalist Patricia Boyer de Latour, Robert Laffont, 2007. 10-Interview with the author. 11-The festive spirit, op. cit. 12-Financier: The Biography of André Meyer, op. cit. 13-Luxury War, the LVMH Case, by Claude Vincent and Philippe Monnin, François Bourin Editions, 1990. 14-Interview in CB News magazine on June 9, 2008. 15-Quoted in the portrait of Antoine Bernheim by Sylvie Hattemer-Lefèvre, "Il Padrone," Challenges magazine dated September 27, 2007. 16-Interview with the author on June 30, 2008. 17-See Investigation into a Capitalist beyond all Suspicion, by Nathalie Raulin and Renaud Lecadre, Denoël, 2000, p. 111. 18-In the autumn of 2010, Antoine Bernheim will get his revenge by joining the supervisory board of the "new Monde" alongside BHL and Laure Adler, the former director of France Culture... "The entire 6th arrondissement," sighs a journalist from the daily newspaper. 19-"Bolloré faces his first setback", L'Expansion, July 10, 1993. 20-These gentlemen from Lazard, op. cit., p. 48. 21-Jacques, Brother of Jesus, by Pierre-Antoine Bernheim, Albin Michel, 2003, p. 120. 22-See The Holy Alliance. The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Services, by Eric Frattini, Flammarion, 2006. Page 344: "On the list of illustrious Freemasons of the Vatican compiled by the Vatican counterintelligence service, called Sodalitium Pianum (Association of Pie), are cardinals such as Augustin Bea, Sebastiano Baggio, Agostino Casaroli, Achille Liénart, archbishop of Lille (...) or Jean Villot, secretary of state to Pope Paul VI." The file on the "Masonic tentacles" in the Roman curia remained buried. 23-CEO of the insurance group Scor, holder of a degree in economics and graduate of HEC, Denis Kessler succeeded Renaud Denoix de Saint-Marc, member of the Constitutional Council, in January 2008. 24-See interview in L'Express on February 20, 2008. 25-The Ghettos of the Jet Set: How the Bourgeoisie Defends its Spaces, Seuil, 2007."

"At the time, the other major American investment banks did very few mergers and acquisitions, and generally did not engage in hostile takeovers. The "Midas of finance" André Meyer was a man of deals. He liked making money. "He made a lot of money on the least publicized deals, usually real estate transactions. He bought ranches. He was much more enterprising and aggressive than the traditional investment banker.""

"Organized on October 18, 1944, the first dinner welcomed fourteen guests. Today, it has about 750 members and guests. However, the organizers limit the number of guests to a maximum of 300 people per dinner. There is a rotation. It is possible to be a member and not be invited systematically."

""In addition, banks irresponsibly lent money in the United States to borrowers who clearly did not have the means to repay, charging exorbitant interest rates. And without taking into account the value of the collateral, which was generally lower than the loan amount." "When they realized that they were starting to have bad business, they securitized these loans and transferred the risks to the market. I have always believed that transferring risk is not a healthy operation. Creating a market for risk transfers, it was certain that it would end badly...""

""gratitude is a disease of dogs not transmissible to humans""

""He has a specialty that I love: his 'mega-analyses of global geo-political and economic issues.' He speaks with that grumpy look we know so well. He gradually unveils a prospective, analytical vision, piece by piece. He has both analytical and synthetic thinking. And he doesn't beat around the bush.""