Frank Savage 
The Savage Way 
Successfully Navigating the Waves of Business and Life

Inspiring lessons on business and life from Frank Savage

Frank Savage’s is an unlikely success story. Raised in
segregated Washington, DC, by his mother, a hairdresser and
entrepreneur with little formal education, Savage’s career has
taken him around the world as a globetrotting financier. From his
first banking job at Citibank to his current position as Chairman
Emeritus of Howard University, The Savage Way shares the
life and business lessons he learned along the way. This memoir
relates the many starts and stops, successes and failures in his
long career, from his involvement in the collapse of Enron, to his
experience investing in Africa, to his days as a competitive
yachtsman–always guided by the wisdom of the mother who
taught him to transcend all limits.

* A powerful memoir of an inspiring business leader

* Savage is the current Chairman of his alma mater, Howard
University, and the CEO of the global financial services company
Savage Holdings LLC

A rare and inspiring story of personal and professional
challenge and ultimate triumph, The Savage Way is a memoir
that offers powerful inspiration and wisdom for tomorrow’s business
leaders.

Table des matières

Foreword ix

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 Too Much Money 9

Chapter 2 Getting In, Struggling Out, Getting Right 35

Chapter 3 La Savage, the Source and Inspiration 69

Chapter 4 The Journey to True Origins 99

Chapter 5 My Journey Deepens 127

Chapter 6 The Longer Road Home 147

Chapter 7 Africa Calls Once Again . . . 167

Chapter 8 Walking Over a Bridge Not Burned 203

Chapter 9 Sailing Lolita, Pulling It All Together 227

Epilogue 255

Lolita Racing Record 259

Acknowledgments 263

Index 265

A propos de l’auteur

FRANK SAVAGE, Chairman Emeritus of Howard University,
served as chairman of Howard University from 1997 until 2004 and is
credited with spearheading the widely successful Campaign for
Howard. He is CEO of Savage Holdings LLC, a global financial
services company. Prior to forming Savage Holdings, he was chairman
of Alliance Capital Management International, a division of
Alliance Capital Management, a $700 billion asset management
subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. Savage has
had a distinguished career in international banking, corporate
finance, and global investment management. He serves on the boards
of several corporations and nonprofit organizations, including
Bloomberg LP and the New York Academy of Medicine, having
previously served on the boards of Lockheed Martin, Qualcomm, and
the New York Philharmonic. Savage earned a BA from Howard
University and an MA from the Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School
of Advanced International Studies. He was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate in Humane Letters from Hofstra University and an Honorary
Doctorate of Humanities from Howard University. Perhaps the award
he is proudest of is the prestigious Lord Nelson Trophy as 2003
overall winner of the annual Antigua Race Week Regatta.