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Butch Meily is author of bestselling memoir, “From Manila to Wall Street – An Immigrant’s Journey with America’s First Black Tycoon.” He is president of Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation and startup enablers, Ideaspace and QBO Innovation.

“Butch Meily is the quintessential Bud Fox of the movie Wall Street, a brilliant and ambitious participant in the high-stakes game of the 1980s. In the process, he lost perspective of what really matters in his life. He finds redemption in serving his people hit by disasters. And so, his story continues.” —Loida Nicolas Lewis, chairman of The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation and former CEO of TLC Beatrice International

“Butch Meily’s engaging new book, From Manila to Wall Street is a … lifearama, beating any MBA curriculum in learning to be a greater-than-better, visionary, trailblazing business head—also how to communicate about it. Gravitas and style can’t be beat. The Reginald Lewis story beats that of almost any entrepreneur any place, anywhere.” —Ken Fisher, founder, executive chairman and co-chief investment officer of Fisher Investments.

“I worked with Butch Meily and he has captured a moment in time in this thrilling and humorous memoir about his masterful management of Reg Lewis’s profile—from the unprecedented leveraged buyout of Beatrice Foods International to Lewis’s untimely death. I was grateful to see it all and recommend this terrific read.” —Chris Atkins, former Managing Director, Corporate Practice, Ogilvy Public Relations, former Vice President, Corporate Communications, Standard & Poor’s
former Managing Director, Public Relations, PricewaterhouseCoopers

“Reginald Lewis was a complex, larger-than-life, pioneering legend among Black entrepreneurs. He broke through all the ceilings. And Butch’s remarkable book very entertainingly shows us just how he did that. ” —Bob Guccione Jr., renowned editor and publisher

“This memoir introduces you to the world of business and big mergers. As a great literary piece, it also reflects on the true meaning and purpose of life. It is written with a clarity and honesty that enriches the reader.” —Richard V. Croghan, retired educator and former Associate Dean at the University of New Mexico

“From Manila to Wall Street lays bare the triumph and tragedy of a meteoric rise to the top of the business world during the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first. The endless days, the trans-Atlantic dashes, the shouting and verbal abuse … accompanied by fabulous dinners, stays at the best hotels, unbelievable salaries … in the end added up to great sadness. The author learned well his lessons about love and life, but learned them too late to save what was most precious…” —Kurt Kent, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida