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‘Planet Money’ Host To Discuss Her Book on How a PIMCO Co-Founder Made the Bond Business Wildly Lucrative

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Mary Childs, the host of NPR’s Planet Money podcast is coming to Darien Library on Wednesday evening, Oct. 5, to discuss her book, “The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All.” In “The Bond King,” high finance meets high drama in the story of the colorful career of Bill Gross, a flawed entrepreneur and brilliant innovator who co-founded the Pacific Investment Management Company, also known as PIMCO, in 1971. — an announcement from Darien Library

As Childs explains, the story behind Gross was complicated. With him at its helm, the company, based in Newport Beach, California, changed the notion of the bond industry from being a sleepy retirement investment to a financial powerhouse that created fortunes — but also, uncertainty.