Biography & Autobiography - Business

At a young age, Nigel Bennett was shocked to witness first-hand the real impact of oil spills on our natural world. After almost being shot down by FARC guerrillas on the Venezuela-Colombia border and being forced to escape Egypt while working for his father's...

On the Eve of the AI era, it is perfect timing to read an AI expert's autobiography, to learn about Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, the author of "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley & the New World," also available on Amazon. This is the first and...

Henry Ford was an American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line,...

The Money Man shows readers solid ground on which to stand, and how to be free from anxiety, in an impermanent and disappointing world.Author: Joseph CaplanISBN-10: 1683507673ISBN-13: 9781683507673Publisher: Morgan James PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2018Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d

"This book offers the reader the best example of how a great idea can, eventually, create a revolution and change a whole community. I met Frank Cruz years ago on the streets of Los Angeles. He witnessed the Latino wave from its beginnings. Frank...

John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller, the wealthiest man of all time, amassed a fortune as he led the Standard Oil Company to an unprecedented position of power in the industrial markets. In addition to being a successful businessman, he was also a generous philanthropist....

Andrew Carnegie amassed wealth that inspired generations of entrepreneurs and industrialists. Starting with nothing in Scotland, he gradually built so much wealth that those at the top of the current Forbes list would still not be able to match him.This book presents the life...

Jack Ma is the quintessential simpleton who has a big heart and wants everyone to share in prosperity. He comes from humble beginnings, had trouble getting to school, had trouble finding a job, but did everything right despite the forces that were arrayed against...

The story of a dreamer...Envisioning a socio-economic utopia, A. P. Giannini was not a typical banking tycoon. With a socially enlightened heart, he made the American dream a reality, not just for himself, but for society as a whole.In spite of devastating personal obstacles,...

Alex Morton, quien es etiquetado como la autoridad principal para Creacion de impulso milenario, muestra las estrategias exactas que uso para ir de un chico de universidad quebrada que fue expulsado de los dormitorios y la escuela de negocios, ganando mas de $ 2,500,000...

Replete with intrigue, Inflection Point is the true story of the author and her legal team at Pfizer who found themselves at the epicenter of the decade long, world-wide, multi-billion battle for control over the world's most prescribed pharmaceutical product, Lipitor(R). The author charts...

Now, for the first time ever, John Locke reveals the marketing system he created to sell more than 1,100,000 eBooks in five months His Credentials: John is the eigth author in the world-and the first self-published author in history-to have sold 1 million eBooks...

James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder," (1838-1916) was a Canadian-American railroad executive with the Great Northern Railway, responsible for building railways across the northern US. Part visionary, part robber baron, part buccaneer, Stewart Holbrook brings his story to life, in brief, as well as...

First published in 2009, this book has already received several awards. The Gallos rose from abject poverty in the early 1900s to create the most successful wine company in the world, the Gallo family used hard work, strong values-and crime-to find their success. In...

Trying to Get There: Navigating Your Success is an inspiring "one-on-one" discussion for all who are fighting the fight to be successful. It is the story of Roderick A. Hardamon, a young, talented financial services executive who reached the upper echelon of Wall Street...

Boxes full of money in the trunk of the car, suitcases filled with fresh twenty-dollar bills, assassination plots against President John F. Kennedy and against his brother Bobby, then Attorney General of the United States, deals with the New Orleans mob, arms deals with...

Stanley Marcus was undeniably America's Merchant Prince. He created his own legend by becoming a fashion authority without parallel, an unerring arbiter of taste, a marketing genius, and a ham-like showman in the mold of Phineas T. Barnum. His unique talents transformed Neiman Marcus...

Dyslexia-Smart: tailored for dyslexic readers but can be read by anyone. 'The Mad Hatter' is the alter ego of Nygel Stevenson, proprietor of Madhatters, a popular tea shop that has been voted No.1 on Trip Advisor in Nottingham. It has also won an award...

This book is about risk taking and how I discovered in writing my memoirs the numerous perils that I endured which paralleled the risk I took in building a series of successful business platforms. Part entertaining, part informative, the stories within are designed to...

Do you want to understand the principles, thought process, strategies, and mindset behind the enigma that is Warren Buffett?Warren Buffett: An Extraordinary Life, covers it all. From early childhood days as an entrepreneur who sold bottles of Coca-Cola at the ripe old age of...

My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford.Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line...

Jack Leblanc arrived in China in 1989 intending to teach for just two years. He was to spend the next two decades on a very different learning curve as he became involved in a series of business ventures in almost every part of the...

At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was convicted of murder in London and, after his escape from prison, fled Scotland for the mainland when Union with England brought with...

GET THE BOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.... Finally, a success tell-all for African Americans In this book, Dr. Dorian R. Williams shares secrets that will TRANSFORM your family for generations to come Dr. Williams declares, "Life for us is not spades, dominoes, or checkers,...

"In Service is a Superpower: Lessons Learned in Magic Kingdom, Louie Gravance uses his signature combination of humor and personal experience to narrate his journey through the realm of customer service. Part memoir, part self-help manual for businesses big and small, Gravance interweaves his...

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...

"PLAYING FOR KEEPS in business provides a "cheat sheet" for success.THERESE ALLISON, A GROUNDBREAKING PIONEER OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN, SHARES HER SIXTEEN PEARLS OF WISDOM THAT SHE USED OVER 35 YEARS OF BUSINESS AND LIFE - WHICH ANY PERSON CAN ADOPT TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS."Business adventures...

A landmark work from one of the preeminent historians of our time: the first published biography of Andrew W. Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government, and philanthropy, leaving his transformative stamp on each. Andrew Mellon, one of America's greatest...

A fascinating and candid memoir about successful leadership from the former CEO of General Electric, named one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times by Barron's, and the hard-won lessons he learned from his experience leading GE immediately after 9/11, through the devastating 2008-09...

Author: Ritu SinghISBN-10: 9350641291ISBN-13: 9789350641293Publisher: RajpalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2018Pages: 162Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

Growing up in a trailer park and trying to stay out of trouble, fifteen-year-old Travis Tooke had zero plans for the future. Then one night a friend brought over a VHS-taped UFC tournament, and together they watched a slender Royce Gracie dismantle his opponents...

My Life and Work is Henry Ford's autobiographical account of the creation and early days of the Ford Motor Company. Ford was an American industrialist who pioneered a mass production system that drove down the price of manufacturing automobiles making them affordable for the...

Icons of Rock #4 Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Bono. Geniuses all, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse exemplify the epitome of talents taken from us too soon, while Bono's generation-spanning gift offers stability and relative newcomer Adele proffers hope. Icons of Rock #4 presents...

It would be a horrific world to live in if we were harshly judged by a single wrong decision made under immense economic pressure. But it is not those moments that define you. It is how you respond to them that makes you who...

His famous Alka Seltzer TV commercials had the whole world saying, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" and "Try it, you'll like it." In this fun, fast-paced, and often hilarious memoir, Howie Cohen gives us a front row seat to those amazing...

First published in 1923, 'Reminiscences of a Stock Operator' is the most widely read, highly recommended investment book ever. Generations of readers have found that it has more to teach them about markets and people than years of experience. Among the most compelling 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...

Jeromie "Kake King" Jones shares his journey of pain, passion, and purpose in From Home to Baker: How I Went From Home Bakery to Bakery Ownership. In his author debut, From Home to Baker gives readers a glimpse into his life laced with the...

No one gets through life without hitting roadblocks. But sometimes people create their own roadblocks and have to navigate through them with no one else to blame. From Wall Street. to Rikers and Back Again tells the story of Bradley Sullivan, a successful Wall...

Bill Knapp, a leading business figure and philanthropist in Des Moines, enjoyed a rags-to-riches rise that took him from a poor, southern Iowa farm to create and build Iowa Realty into the state's largest real estate company. Along the way, he became one of...

Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver Delivering a Culture of We, Not Me UPS is a household name and one of the most highly regarded American corporations by customers and investors alike. Who hasn't been delighted by a right - on - time delivery,...

The United States is at a critical point. Our jobs, the prices we pay for products, and the heart of American entrepreneurship itself are at stake. Those betting against us say that China is outcompeting us, out-innovating us, and not playing by the rules...

Subhash Chandra, the promoter of Essel/ Zee Group, is an unlikely mogul. Hailing from a small town in Haryana, where his family ran grain mills, Chandra has been a perennial outsider. Starting work as a teen to pay off family debts, he'd had to...

The WordPOWER Book Series highlights the power words truly have. Everyone has a story and everyone has words that have impacted their lives. WordPOWER, a new initiative by Fig Factor Media, brings together 12 authors and 12 powerful words to create 12 meaningful books....

Huda Al-Ghoson's spirited memoir Unbounded presents a real-life tale of bravery and upward mobility in the face of the unique cultural, social, and occupational challenges encountered by women in Saudi Arabia.Al-Ghoson is widely recognized for her bold effort to progress the cause of gender...

As featured in The Wall Street Journal! One of Business Insider's "5 Best Leadership Books I Read This Year" for 2022! A look back at entrepreneurial growth and venture capital in the last half century by one of the leading figures in the industry....

A quotable reference for anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of business or starting their own. More than one million people in the United States take the necessary steps to enroll in master's of business programs every single year. These students learn...

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "Ronaldinho" Born Poor, Redeemed By Talent Again And Again. An interesting biography of Ronaldinho who began playing organized youth soccer at the age of seven, and it was while playing childhood soccer that he earned the moniker "Ronaldinho," a shortened...

Think of growing your money in the modern world, and the first person you think of is Warren Buffett-legendary investor, the oracle of Omaha, stock-market wizard, philanthropist, business magnate, the most frugal mega-billionaire, and a man who could beat the market repeatedly. More important...

It's not good enough to want it. You've got to know how to get it. Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV star Donald J. Trump is the man to teach you the billionaire mind-set-how to think about money, career skills, and life. Here...