Jeeps, Pretty Ladies & Wine

by Don St. Pierre Sr., Michael J. Aumock (Editor)

Overview

This story is one of business adventures, baseball, international travels, escapades with the fairer sex, and most of all the love between a father and son. Across 4 continents, 20 countries and 5 different businesses the author moved himself from the dirt floor farmhouse on an island in Quebec, Canada where he was born, to becoming the largest importer and distributor of wine in China. His business acumen and accomplishments at Beijing Jeep and ASC Fine Wines in China are the stuff of legend, besides being taught as a MBA case study at Harvard.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543940923
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	08/29/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Don St. Pierre, Sr. is a straight-talking, American entrepreneur and business man. His story is one of business adventures, baseball, international travels, escapades with the fairer sex, and most of all the love between a father and son. Across 4 continents, 20 countries and 5 different businesses he moved himself from the dirt floor farmhouse on an island in Quebec, Canada where he was born, to becoming the largest importer and distributor of wine in China. His business acumen and accomplishments at Beijing Jeep and ASC Fine Wines in China are the stuff of legend, besides being taught as a MBA case study at Harvard. Don retired to Phuket, Thailand where, at 77 he still plays golf 2 or 3 times a week and enjoys the fruits of his labors.He swears everything that happened in this book is true. I believe him.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Who Is Don St. Pierre? 3

Chapter 2 Windsor, Ontario, Canada 7

Chapter 3 Early Family Life And Young Don 10

Chapter 4 High School And Father Ronald Cullen 13

Chapter 5 Saint, The Mailboy … And Onward 16

Chapter 6 Lee lacocca 19

Chapter 7 Some Memorable People And Times At Windsor Export Supply 22

Chapter 8 American Motors (AMC) And Becoming A Yank 27

Chapter 9 Back To Mexico (Party Time) 31

Chapter 10 The Jeep International Guys (Working Hard, Playing Hard) 34

Chapter 11 Tehran, Iran (What Means This Word, Bullshit?) 39

Chapter 12 Cairo, Egypt (No Any Money Got) 45

Chapter 13 Jakarta, Indonesia (Living And Working In Paradise) 48

Chapter 14 Chasing Japanese Crooks 55

Chapter 15 Beijing Jeep Corporation (BJC) And Making History 61

Chapter 16 Grace Jia, The First Of Two Fine Chinese Ladies 105

Chapter 17 Hong Kong: FMC And Reconnecting With Zhu Rongji 107

Chapter 18 San Jose, Ca (Does Anyone Here Know How To Work?) 118

Chapter 19 Russians, Guns And Bullets 123

Chapter 20 Taipei, Taiwan (Hanging Out With The Generals) 128

Chapter 21 Back To Beijing With The Wall Street Hustlers 132

Chapter 22 ASC Fine Wines (Getting Started) 143

Chapter 23 My Partner Hijacks The First Container Of Wine 149

Chapter 24 Finding, Training And Nurturing Staff 153

Chapter 25 Sourcing Wines From Bordeaux 157

Chapter 26 Chateau Saint Pierre 160

Chapter 27 Gernot Langes-Swarovski - (I'm Rich, You Know) 164

Chapter 28 Don Jr. To The Rescue 171

Chapter 29 Vinexpo-Tokyo, 2000 173

Chapter 30 Bachelor Life In Beijing 177

Chapter 31 The Capital Club (Snookering Chinese Golf Cheaters) 183

Chapter 32 The Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd (JMC) Almost Deal 192

Chapter 33 Taking ASC Fine Wines To The Top 195

Chapter 34 But It Wasn't Easy 206

Chapter 35 Getting Some Help From Friends 208

Chapter 36 Don Jr. Off To The Slammer 213

Chapter 37 Cashing Out 220

Chapter 38 Carrie Xuan: The Second-Great Chinese Lady In My Life 224

Chapter 39 One Bad Chinese Broad 227

Chapter 40 Life On Phuket, Thailand 229

Chapter 41 Whoops 241