"e;Mr. Schwab is a genius. I have never met his equal."e; So stated renowned industrialist Andrew Carnegie about Charles M. Schwab, successively the president of Carnegie Steel, U.S. Steel, and Bethlehem Steel. Though an inveterate gambler and womanizer, Schwab held a smile and charisma that got him in and out of multiple adventures. This biography presents the complex legacy of the man Thomas Edison once called the "e;master hustler,"e; from his start as a stake-driver in the engineering corps to his ascendancy to American steel magnate.