Beating the Odds

Beating the Odds is the improbable, inspiring autobiographyof financial guru Eddie C. Brown, one of the nation's top stockpickers and money managers. It details how Brown skillfully keptBrown Capital Management afloat through the dot-com bust, 9/11 andthe Great Recession. Born to a 13-year-old unwed mother in therural South, this African-American investment whiz created aBaltimore-based financial firm that amassed more than $6 Billionunder management. Brown delves into the profound heartbreak and disorientationupon the death of his beloved grandmother - who was hissurrogate mother -- and recounts how Brown's moonshine-runningUncle Jake subsequently became the dominant adult figure in Brown'slife. His unflinchingly honest, easy-to-read memoir details howintellectual curiosity, abiding self-belief, hard work and divineprovidence helped Brown earn an electrical engineering degree,become an Army officer, and later a civilian IBM engineer. Readerswill learn of the strife that ensued when Brown quit IBM to earn anMBA, leading to investment jobs that prepared him to start his ownmoney management company in 1983.