You Can't Predict a Hero

The unique story of Wall Street legend Joe Grano--sixdefining moments in courage, leadership, and determination thatwill inspire readers of every age, and at every stage in life
From Vietnam to 9/11, from the market crash of '87 to today'sfinancial crisis, Wall Street legend Joe Grano has weathered themost defining crises of the last forty years. Whether leadingdraftees through combat as a Green Beret in Vietnam, regrouping ateam of brokers during the market crash of 1987, or workingtirelessly to reopen Wall Street after the attacks on 9/11, Joe hasserved at the front lines of our nation's most defining moments,leading and even inspiring others when things seem at theirdarkest.
Structured around six specific crises he faced in his life andcareer, You Can't Predict a Hero will describe how Grano wasable to triumph over challenges both personal and professional.Whether teaching himself to walk again after sustaining cripplingbattle wounds, rising from his hardscrabble beginnings to become atop broker at Merrill Lynch, or shepherding the merger ofPaineWebber and UBS, his experience has been hard-won and hisperspective like no one else's.
Through it all, Grano has learned to find the opportunity in anycrisis, how to calm and inspire those he leads, and how to find thereal solution to what can appear as an insurmountable problem.
This dynamic book will inspire anyone looking to make sense ofour rapidly changing world, and how to grow and even thrive throughany challenge. Problems require solutions, and crisis creates trueleaders.
Joseph J. Grano, Jr. is Chairman and CEO of CenturionHoldings LLC, a company that advises private and public companies.From 2001-2004, Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc.(formerly UBS PaineWebber). Having joined the company in 1988,Grano is credited for turning PaineWebber around and shepherdingits merger with Swiss banking giant UBS. Grano began his career asa stock broker at Merrill Lynch, where he rose to various seniormanagement positions over 16 years. A decorated war hero, Grano waschosen by the White House to be chairman of the President'sHomeland Security Advisory Council after 9/11, a position he heldfrom 2002-2005. The recipient of countless awards for leadership,civic contributions, as well as honorary degrees, he is involved ina wide range of educational and philanthropic endeavors. He and hiswife, Kathy, live in New Jersey.
Mark Levine has written and collaborated on more than 30books, including the best sellers Second Acts, DieBroke, and Lifescripts, as well as hundreds of magazinearticles. He lives Ithaca, New York, and is a member of the AuthorsGuild.