Inside Vanguard: Leadership Secrets from the Company That Continues to Rewrite the Rules of the Investing Business (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781264734832)

This rare intimate look at the world's fastest growing investment manager provides invaluable lessons for investors and business leaders.

One of the world's largest and most trusted investing institutions, Vanguard serves over 30 million clients, manages more than eight trillion dollars, and is an influential industry disruptor.

Now, Charles D. Ellis―referred to by Money magazine as "Wall Street's wisest man"―reveals the story behind Vanguard's rise to the top of the investing world. Provided unprecedented access to Vanguard's leaders, Ellis explains why Jack Bogle started Vanguard and how he and his successors developed it into an investment industry disrupter that became the global leader

Ellis includes in-depth interviews with the executives and key leaders of Vanguard, clear takeaways and lessons from their experiences, a primer on ETFs, and Jack Brennan's Leadership Principles. From the emergence of index funds to the success of exchange-traded funds, Inside Vanguard is a near-Shakespearian drama of individual human struggle and triumph.