About the Authors

Maurice R. Greenberg, formerly chairman and CEO of AIG from its founding in the late 1960s through 2005, is chairman and CEO of the Starr Companies, a global insurance and financial services organization. An active member of the international business community, Greenberg is honorary vice chairman and director of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the U.S. China Business Council, a former chairman and current member of the U.S.-Korea Business Council, vice chairman of the Board of Directors, member of the Executive Committee of the National Committee on United States-China Relations, and a member of the Business Roundtable. Greenberg has received honorary degrees from a number of institutions, including Brown University, Middlebury College, New York Law School, and Rockefeller University. He lives in New York City with his wife, Corinne, and has four children.

Lawrence A. Cunningham is the Henry St. George Tucker III Research Professor at George Washington University Law School and director of GW’s Center for Law, Economics and Finance (C-LEAF) in New York. Previous books include What Is Value Investing? (McGraw Hill) and Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter (Cambridge University Press). His extensive writings—on a wide range of business and legal topics—have also appeared in leading scholarly journals and such periodicals as the New York Times, Financial Times, Baltimore Sun, and New York Daily News. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.