Nina The Irresistible Rise Of A Power Lady

Nina Brink was the driving force behind the largest and most sensational introduction that the Amsterdam Stock Exchange ever experienced. At the height of the internet bubble, her heavily loss-making company was valued at 47 billion euros in an unprecedented eruption of speculative madness. Nina was briefly the most desirable woman in the Netherlands and perhaps even in Europe and far beyond. But the public's love abruptly turned to hatred when it turned out that the founder of the company had already sold most of her shares a few months earlier, causing the company's share price to collapse. This also meant that the IPO ended in tragedy for Nina: the money, but not the prestige. This very revealing reconstruction of her career not only shows a shocking picture of a monomaniacal businesswoman, lusting after wealth and status, but also that of her boundlessly opportunistic environment. Managers, entrepreneurs, artists, politicians, lawyers and bankers: many thought they could benefit from her. Some were also prepared to make great sacrifices for this.