About the Author

William C. Rempel is a veteran investigative reporter and editor who specialized in foreign and national projects. During a thirty-six-year career at the Los Angeles Times, he produced groundbreaking reports on subjects ranging from oil tanker safety prior to the Exxon Valdez disaster to the menace of al-Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001. He has received numerous journalism honors, including a shared Overseas Press Club Award for international terrorism reports and a Gerald Loeb Award for financial writing. He was also a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.

Reviews

“Gripping and fast-moving... the reporting and the level of detail are astounding… a riveting picture of a figure the world does not know very well, but should.”
*Washington Post*

“Rempel assembles a dizzying amount of information about the deals that made [Kerkorian] one of the richest men in America… Now in this most exhaustive biography, he remains as he was in life, a man of great wealth, power, honor, and mystery.”
*New York Journal of Books*

“The book provides a remarkably detailed and fascinating look at the career of an idiosyncratic tycoon.”
*Booklist*

“Chockablock with dialogue and intimate detail assembled by deep research… All sorts of celebrities—in business, sports, and elsewhere—glide through the text… [The Gambler] is the compelling story of a Horatio Alger.”
*Kirkus Reviews*

“an engrossing story of a self-made man.”
*Publishers Weekly*

“I recommend that every Armenian buy a copy of Kirk’s biography and suggest it to their non-Armenian neighbors, friends and colleagues. Kerkorian’s incredible accomplishments bestow a great honor upon Armenians worldwide!”
*The California Courier*

“A fast-moving, dramatic narrative of [Kerkorian’s] larger-than-life business career.”
*Washington Times*

“The Gambler is an excellent tour de force biography of a true rags-to-riches impressario… A class act of a biography!
*Seattle Book Review*

“Informative and entertaining...Rempel’s The Gambler does justice to Kerkorian’s life and legacy.“
*CDC Gaming Reports, Inc.*

“With The Gambler, Rempel has done Las Vegas and a generation of business entrepreneurs a great service, adding rich detail to the business titan’s deals and controversies. Kerkorian’s life is a reminder of how far Americans can go”
*KNPR*