Biography & Autobiography - Business

DIVE INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN Young. Hungry. Visionary. Chris Zadeh saw a future few could ever imagine possible. When he presented his idea--coding a new core banking engine in the cloud--bankers laughed. They scoffed. Then they rejected his revolutionary idea outright. They said,...

The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes. The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut,...

Just for a moment try to put every shopping trip you've ever made out of your head. Imagine a different world. Imagine that all the goods for sale are locked away in cabinets and to handle them, or even to examine them closely, you...

Lord Timothy Dexter was, by most accounts, a living embodiment of irony. Time and time again he beat insurmountable odds (often, it seems, without realizing they existed) and came out on top (and flush with cash). A farm laborer, with little schooling to speak...

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK OF THE YEAR In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet...

$2 trillion is invested in the hedge fund industry, and yet, due to industry regulations, the general public knows little about them. This book will change everything. Timothy turned $12,000 of Bar Mitzvah gift money into $1.65 million trading thousands of stocks from 1999-2002,...

At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fifteen years of operating a successful automotive supplier company, much to Ford's advantage, John and At the start of...

The inspirational story of how Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus invented microcredit, founded the Grameen Bank, and transformed the fortunes of millions of poor people around the world. Muhammad Yunus was a professor of economics in Bangladesh, who realized that the most impoverished members...

Foreword by Janet Yellen Weijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese...

A guide to John Maynard Keynes--one of the greatest economic minds of the twentieth century--for today's investor. John Maynard Keynes was a many-sided figure - world-changing economist, architect of the post-War international monetary system, bestselling author, a Baron in the House of Lords, and...

Beekeeping is many things to many people. Maybe it's a hobby, a vocation, a commercial enterprise or your field of study. It will almost certainly become an obsession.For author Steve Donohoe, beekeeping was a form of therapy - an escape from the stresses of...

The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any...

Ralph de la Vega arrived in the United States from Cuba in 1962. He was alone. He was scared. He was ten years old. In Obstacles Welcome, de la Vega recounts his journey from young Cuban immigrant to president and CEO of AT&T Mobility...

While writing his autobiography, Jean Paul Getty--then perhaps the world's richest man--hoped it would be the final verdict on himself, on his many friends and associates, and on his times. Regrettably, it proved to be so: Getty died in 1976 as As I See...

New York Times Bestseller Iconoclastic entrepreneur and New York legend Ken Langone tells the compelling story of how a poor boy from Long Island became one of America's most successful businessmen. Ken Langone has seen it all on his way to a net worth...

A quest for money and success can get you into some sticky situations. Those incidences can teach you to learn how to strike a balance in different areas of your life in order to enjoy any measure of success. This book is to provide...

ELON MUSK Elon Musk has been busy improving humanity's chance of long term survival for nearly 20 years. After helping to form PayPal, Musk went on to form a company whose work has since replaced the space shuttle when it comes to NASA flights...

Born into one of the wealthiest families in America--he was the youngest son of Standard Oil scion John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the celebrated patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller--David Rockefeller has carried his birthright into a distinguished life of his own. His...

Mr. China tells the rollicking story of a young man who goes to China with the misguided notion that he will help bring the Chinese into the modern world, only to be schooled by the most resourceful and creative operators he would ever meet....

Discover how Brooks Running Company CEO Jim Weber transformed a failing business into a billion-dollar brand in the ultracompetitive global running market. Running with Purpose is a leadership memoir with insights, inspirational stories, and tangible takeaways for current and aspiring leaders, entrepreneurs, and the...

Deeply reported and bracingly written, this book is an indispensable guide to modern innovation and entrepreneurship. --Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Code Breaker A definitive, deeply reported look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team, including Elon Musk, Peter...

Chuck Cliburn provides the reader with an inside view of life in this complex and competitive industry beginning in 1974 and spanning the next four decades. It speaks to the struggles of the once-mighty computer companies to simply survive as computers changed from highly...

In the early 1900s, Gordon Clark and his father, Si, sold their farm in rural Canada in search of the business of America. They found it in Seattle, Washington, and in 1929 Gordon and his brother Russ bought Genesee Coal and Stoker. Seattle life...

The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from a small factory in Bolton. Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the likes of Eric...

Many Kentuckians and fans of intercollegiate athletics are familiar with the name Jim Host. As founder and CEO of Host Communications, he was the pioneer in college sports marketing. Host's prevailing innovation in collegiate sports was the concept of bundled licensing, which encouraged corporate...

By the early 1970s Atlantic City, New Jersey had seen better days. Its heyday was decades in the past, and the uncertain promise of casinos had not yet become a reality. Shabby, rundown and even seedy were often terms used to describe the once...

After nearly four decades at Bank of Montreal, former President and CEO Tony Comper shares leadership lessons from his experience at the helm of one of the world's largest financial institutions. Anthony "Tony" Comper likes to say that he can sum up his remarkable...

It is important to take note of the innovative people throughout history who have been at the faces of change. The problem is that we often don't recognize who those people are until much later. Hindsight provides us with a clear and unobstructed view...

In this bundle we take a deep dive into the lives, successes, and failures of some of the most successful (and wealthy) men on the planet.What makes them different? What is it about them that makes them super-achievers?You will discover all of that and...

Portland, Oregon, didn't always have a wildly successful craft brew scene. Someone had to be daring enough to innovate, and the Widmer brothers were just the men for the job. Written by Portland beer guru Jeff Alworth (The Beer Bible, Beer Tasting Tool Kit),...

Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, was a penniless orphan who rose from the ashes of Soviet Russia to become one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. His fascinating life story has been shrouded in mystery - until...

The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon""Riveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages.""-Newark Star Ledger""Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography.""-Chicago Sun Times""This...

Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden's remarkable rivalry was ruthless, relentless and legendary-pushing both women to build international beauty empires in a world dominated by men.Author: Lindy WoodheadISBN-10: 1683366484ISBN-13: 9781683366485Publisher: Trade Paper PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 528Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.62lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.07d

In the bestselling tradition of Liar's Poker comes a devastatingly accurate and darkly hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the wonderful world of management consulting. Once upon a time in Corporate America there was a group of men and women who were paid huge fees to...

Here is the story of Jerry Weintraub: the self-made, Brooklyn-born, Bronx-raised impresario, Hollywood producer, legendary deal maker, and friend of politicians and stars. No matter where nature has placed him--the club rooms of Brooklyn, the Mafia dives of New York's Lower East Side, the...

Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side. By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today. In Frances...

Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, an ace pilot, a matinee-idol-handsome playboy, a major movie maker who bedded a long list of...

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the...

How do we find a way to quickly escape intimately in today's hectic world where time is collapsing and imagination is often in short supply? Where can we go, as a couple, to find a spontaneous way to ignite a sense of private, playful...

Illegal immigration is among the most challenging and divisive issues facing America. With few changes in immigration laws since 1986, the undocumented population has swelled to an estimated 11 million. Deconstructed unravels these economic issues and their human toll through the eyes of Houston...

Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity, reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.t's clear to everyone how big and...

The index fund wouldn't be jack without Jack. It was just one innovation fueled by The Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle's radical idea in 1975 to make investors the actual owners of his new fund company. While the move was as much to save...

These are the people who hauled Georgia up from its poor, agrarian roots, making it among the most diversified, prosperous states in the country. They fought for freedom and served in the statehouse and White House. They excelled at sports, founded institutions that shaped...

Write your own script - take inspiration from the life and wisdom of Michel Masquelier, former intern-turned-Chairman of IMG Media.Author: Michel MasquelierISBN-10: 1788603117ISBN-13: 9781788603119Publisher: Practical Inspiration PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2021Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d

With contributions from senior military, business and government leaders, to Entrepreneurs, international sports elite, and CEOs of multi-million dollar businesses, you'll discover a collection of heartfelt and engaging stories of self-reflection and inspiration.In this book, you'll learn from first-hand experience on leadership and team...

The book began as a series of twelve articles published between 1922 and 1923 in The Saturday Evening Post. It is written as first-person fiction, telling the story of a professional stock trader on Wall Street. While published as fiction, it is generally accepted...

Kesh, or uncut hair, is of special importance in the Sikh religion. It is one of the "five Ks"--traditional items that serve as symbols of faith and identity. As a thirty-five-year-old practicing Sikh, Jeet Bindra had never cut his hair or gone in public...

This book is the unique and factual biography of the life and times of automotive legend Glenn Pray. The book is for those who are interested in small scale automobile manufacturing, fans of Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg cars, or for those who would just...

Praise for Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace"James Wallace offers many tales of . . . temper tantrums, antitrust tussles with the Justice Department, and general dirty tricks Microsoft has allegedly played on its competitors." -The New York Times Book ReviewPraise...

The retail industry has undergone enormous changes during the last thirty years.But there is one retailer that not only has remained consistent in the fluctuating?even tenuous?market, but also has grown in the process.More Than a Hobby takes you inside the story of David Green,...