It was bluster alone that got him through 2009, when as a newly minted chief executive he was drawing up bankruptcy plans at the same time he was pleading with lenders to extend the $200 million he needed to finish construction on Cit圜enter. It may sound crazy, but chances are Murren is right. “Not only can it be refinanced, it’s going to be cheaper.” “I can do it in my sleep,” Murren says, wearing the same poker face he used in the fat years before the financial crisis, when he played Bank of America off against JPMorgan and Goldman by telling each one the other was offering him better terms.
