Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire
, subject: Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari, automobile racing, entrepreneurship, and the creation of Ferrari as an automotive empire, 2018
A nearly 1,000-page biography that tells Enzo Ferrari's full story instead of a condensed sketch.
About the book
Dal Monte, a Ferrari insider, draws on years of original research in Italy and abroad. The 968-page biography covers Ferrari's driving career, his management of Alfa Romeo's racing teams and the launch of his own company, along with failed early ventures and his dealings with Fascist, Allied and Communist authorities.
Why read it
Best if you want Enzo Ferrari's full story and are ready to commit to a nearly 1,000-page biography to get it.
Key themes
- Ferrari's full story, at full length
- Length as a trade-off
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #97, #98, #101, #220, #248, #249, #280
This record is supported by 8 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari vs Ford) — David previews the next episode's unusually long Enzo Ferrari biography.
- Enzo Ferrari (the making of an automobile empire) — The host identifies this book as the one he read for the week and the subject of the episode.
- Warren Buffett (The Tao of Warren Buffett) — David identifies the Enzo Ferrari biography as the longest single book he had read for the podcast.
- Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine — David identifies this as the extensive Enzo Ferrari biography covered in Founders No. 98.
- John D. Rockefeller (Titan) — David compares Rockefeller's public reserve with Enzo Ferrari and points listeners to his Ferrari biography episode.
- Steve Jobs In His Own Words — David links an almost-1,000-page Enzo Ferrari biography to an earlier episode, though he is unsure of the exact episode number.