Biography & Autobiography - Business

Author: Bob Jr. HayesISBN-10: 0759610606ISBN-13: 9780759610606Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2001Pages: 224Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.32h x 6.38w x 0.77d

Author: Gordon S. RiessISBN-10: 0759608490ISBN-13: 9780759608498Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2001Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Life in post-war Britain is witness to stories of deprivation and excesses; from the austerity of the 1950s through to the sex-obsessed swinging 60s in London and the cocaine-fuelled 1980s.From bicycles and baked beans to a Rolls Royce and caviar. From a maisonette to...

It was the mid-1980s and the information technology revolution was in its infancy. Max Sutherland and Bruce Smith formed a market research firm based in Melbourne. In the coming years, Sutherland Smith did far more than traditional market research. Using innovative data programming, the...

I DID IT MY WAY...When a mission to help a forgotten Pacific People and an unorthodox idea is hatched in a family's garage and turns into a multi-million dollar global brand.This is the inspiring story of Stacey King. An accomplished Australian entrepreneur, corporate executive...

This is the story of Russell Hodge, a high-powered lawyer and family man and his struggle with mental illness, meaning and self. Having recovered from financial and emotional collapses, he retires with wealth, success and a loving family. But something is missing from his...

RISKS, LUCK AND ROCK'N'ROLL ABOUNDPart musician and part entrepreneur, Wendell Parnell didn't want to go to his grave keeping his 'rags to riches' story a secret. Born in Burma and raised in Australia by poor immigrant parents, he dropped out of school at the...

A freewheeling and riveting memoir from media honcho Tom Freston that takes us behind the scenes of his global adventures--from hitchhiking around the world, to running a clothing export company out of India and Afghanistan, to cofounding MTV, to becoming CEO of MTV Networks,...

Author: Peter BelzISBN-13: 9798993089508Publisher: J&s PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2025Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d

Author: Lisa M. TholenISBN-13: 9798349621178Publisher: Publish My BookLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

Author: Steven SalamonISBN-10: 1836153953ISBN-13: 9781836153955Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2025Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d

From pushcart to pantry staple in the city that never sleeps New York's Family Grocer tells how a neighborhood name became part of the city's daily rhythm. Patsy and Nicholas D'Agostino arrived from Italy, learned their trade on crowded sidewalks, and opened a small...

An Avid Reader Press book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Author: Emma GredeISBN-10: 1668085488ISBN-13: 9781668085486Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2026Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Discover how some of the world's most iconic drinks brands came to life - or didn't. Celebrated creative and marketing guru, David Gluckman, shares insider stories from decades of work in the surprising world of booze branding. From the bootlegging days of the 1930s...

Delve into the compelling life of one of the most influential figures in American finance with “The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan, ” Volume 2, by Carl Hovey. This biography explores the remarkable journey of J. Pierpont Morgan, a titan of industry whose...

In her break-out book, Awaken Your Emotional and Financial Independence, Carolina Billings offers women a step-by-step roadmap to success in all aspects of life. This book speaks to women who are: - ready to become financially independent.- seeking a deeper understanding of women's empowerment.-...

RACER. INNOVATOR. CELEBRITY. MOGUL. CHAMPION.This is the first biography of the short but exciting life of Albert Champion-record-setting bicyclist and motorcyclist, daredevil racecar driver, early automobile innovator, charismatic ladies' man, and celebrity of the Jazz Age.Though most Americans have heard of the companies Albert...

""History Of The Saginaw Valley: Its Resources, Progress, And Business Interests"" is a book written by Truman B. Fox and published in 1868. The book provides a comprehensive account of the Saginaw Valley region in Michigan, USA, covering its history, geography, economy, and social...

Mr. Li Jinyuan is a highly successful Chinese entrepreneur. He has created one of the world's largest health-focused organizations, Tiens Group, with millions of customers in most countries of the world. Li Jinyuan is also a philanthropist who has given many millions of dollars...

"Philippi's Crawley (from C M Printing Services, 20a Jewry Street, Winchester, 1) by I T Henderson is a history of that village - four and a half miles from Winchester - largely in relation to Otto Ernst Philippi, the man who, by 1900, had...

Over the years, I've been surprised by people's attitudes towards accountants, which tends to veer from contempt to fear. In order to dispel the idea that an accountant is a necessary evil, I decided to write this book.Accountants Don't Bite demonstrates how to develop...

'Do you wish at times that you could have a more fulfilled, aligned life at a higher level of satisfaction? Are you, like Humpty, 'sitting on the wall', mostly content with your life and career, but not wanting to push the boundaries of your...

Over the past four years and some 30,000 plus miles traveled for interviews, this book, this story, this start has been with me. No matter how often I put Southern Greats down, I was pulled back to work and bring this story forward. I...

The Peace Angel is a deeply moving memoir which chronicles the journey that entrepreneur, peace advocate and author Nola Hennessy has taken as she rose from a childhood of severe constraints to lead her global consultancy Serenidad Consulting(R). It's messages are both powerful and...

In the 1890s Colonel Albert A. Pope was hailed as a leading American automaker. That his name is not a household word today is the very essence of his story. Pope's production methods as the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles led to the building...

Tom Glynn has had an extraordinary lifeAdvertising didn't seem the most likely career choice for a young Tom Glynn, the son of an illegal SP bookie, and at 16, a school failure. When Tom became a Christian in his early 20s, the advertising industry...

"Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn't bear to tell it himself." So begins the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New...

Author: Jay YangISBN-13: 9798992459234Publisher: Jay Yang Inspires LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2025Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d

From Small-Town Dreams to Global AdventuresAlex Boylan's extraordinary journey proves that the most meaningful success comes not from following conventional paths, but from embracing the uncomfortable and saying yes to the unexpected. From selling 2,000 Advent calendars door-to-door to fund a life-changing exchange year...

The second book by Jay Braukman describes his experiences and roles at several public companies after he left a twenty-three-year career at GE. Follow as he applies Lessons Learned from GE to his CFO roles at Rhythms Net Connection and its subsequent bankruptcy. He...

The First 100 Years: Perkins-Goodwin Company by Louis Calder is a comprehensive book that documents the history of the Perkins-Goodwin Company, a prominent American manufacturing company. The book covers the first 100 years of the company's existence, from its founding in 1851 to its...

Discover how some of the world's most iconic drinks brands came to life - or didn't. Celebrated creative and marketing guru, David Gluckman, shares insider stories from decades of work in the surprising world of booze branding. From the bootlegging days of the 1930s...

From the renowned iconoclast investor comes a brilliant account of sixty years spent hunting for value and sidestepping bubbles in a changing financial worldWhen Jeremy Grantham entered the investment business in the 1960s, he brought the thrifty Quaker values and Yorkshire independence he had...

Author: Ted Harbin,Steve GanderISBN-13: 9798895030615Publisher: W. Brand PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

What if the next phase of human evolution isn't just biological-but digital, guided by one of the most powerful minds of our time? This is the story of Sam Altman, a soft-spoken, relentlessly curious builder who helped bring Artificial General Intelligence out of science...

THE HONORABLE ENTREPRENEUR is the unvarnished memoir of physicist Philipp Baaske, who-together with fellow PhD student Stefan Duhr-turned a benchtop prototype into NanoTemper Technologies. This 56 million global biotech-tools leader remains 100 % founder-owned and VC-free.From a near-fatal Swiss Disaster that almost stole their...

Author: James M. TaborISBN-10: 1324036028ISBN-13: 9781324036029Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2026Pages: 336Format: Hardcover

The longtime CEO of Coach shares stories and strategies behind the company's stunning growth from a $6 million business to a $5 billion global brand. Lew Frankfort knew nothing about fashion when he became assistant to the founder of Coach. By the time he...

In this "sure-fire all-American success story" (The New York Times Book Review), the founder of Wal-Mart describes the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to build the largest retailer in the world. "[A] wise and inspiring autobiography--Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with...

Old South Brooklyn Entrepreneur is far more than a financial and commercial biography of Anson Blake 1789-1868. It provides many details of local history, not only of South Brooklyn (today's Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Boerum Hill and Gowanus) before the Civil War,...

In the 'Journey of Perseverance' Priya Mishra recounts how she tore through all odds to become the leader that she is today. With powerful learning's and messages across every page, the author has infused several personal examples of perseverance that can be used in...

The Bronx To Bel-Air Two, 11 years after The Bronx To Bel-Air, updates the original and adds new ventures.Venture often and don't worry about failure. That's how you become an entrepreneur, and have fun along the way. Krane's had 15 successes and 17 failures...

A.T. Stewart is a biography written by Elbert Hubbard about the life of Alexander Turney Stewart, a successful merchant and entrepreneur in the 19th century. The book delves into Stewart's early life and his rise to success, including his establishment of the first department...

These are the stories in the retail business you never get to hear. A lot happens 7 days a week, from open to close and beyond. Like, customers who believe that they should be treated like royalty, superiors who power trip, and coworkers that...

This volume of intellectual biography takes the Polish economist Micha Kalecki (1899-1970) from the shattering of his prosperous childhood, in Tsarist Lódź in the 1905 Revolution, to Cambridge and the failure of his co-operative research with John Maynard Keynes's supporters in Cambridge.Author: J. ToporowskiISBN-10:...

John D. Rockefeller: A Portrait In Oils is a biography of the famous American industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of Standard Oil, John D. Rockefeller. Written by John K. Winkler, the book provides a comprehensive look at Rockefeller's life, from his humble beginnings as a...

The Master of Seventh Avenue is the definitive biography of David Dubinsky (1892--1982), one of the most controversial and influential labor leaders in 20th-century America. A "character" in the truest sense of the word, Dubinsky was both revered and reviled, but never dull, conformist,...

A dramatic biography of the extraordinary Spanish industrialist and entrepreneur Eduardo Barreiros Born in an impoverished region of Galicia, possessed of little education and less money, Eduardo Barreiros (1919-1992) rose to become an immensely successful entrepreneur and one of Spain's most prominent industrialists. In...

They are the world's best - the professional investors at the head of global investment funds and the mavericks operating from behind nothing more than a laptop and a point of view; some with millions of pounds at their disposal and the fate of...

The gripping, definitive account of the secretive family behind one of the most powerful financial institutions in the world. When Edward C. Johnson II founded Fidelity in 1946, investing was a pursuit reserved for the elite. Today, nearly $13 trillion flows through Fidelity's customer...