Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
First edition
AuthorBryan Burrough and John Helyar
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherHarper & Row
Publication date
1989
Media typePaperback
Pages592
ISBN0-06-016172-8
OCLC20491096
338.8/3664/00973 20
LC ClassHD2796.R57 B87 1990

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco is a 1989 book about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco, written by investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The book is based upon a series of articles written by the authors for The Wall Street Journal.[1] The book was made into a 1993 made-for-TV movie by HBO, also called Barbarians at the Gate. The book centers on F. Ross Johnson, the CEO of RJR Nabisco, who planned to buy out the rest of the Nabisco shareholders.

  1. ^ O'Toole, Patricia (January 21, 1990). "The Granddaddy of All Takeovers". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.