Episodes

Founders episodes and the books David brings up in each. Open an episode to see why each book comes up.

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435 episodes in the index

#1
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, & the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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#2
Walt Disney
Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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#3
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Edison Invented the Modern World
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#4
The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
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#5
Steve Jobs
High Output Management · The Innovator's Dilemma · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview
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#6
Sam Walton
Sam Walton: Made in America
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#7
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · Sam Walton: Made in America
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#8
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · Steve Jobs
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#9
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford · Wait But Why
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#10
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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#11
The Cook & The Chef: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce
The Cook and the Chef: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce
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#12
Elon Musk & How Tesla Will Change The World
The Cook and the Chef: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce · Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · How Tesla Will Change the World · I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
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#13
Elon Musk and Why SpaceX Will Colonize Mars
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars
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#14
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal
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#15
Leonardo da Vinci: The Biography
Leonardo da Vinci
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#16
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#17
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering · Sam Walton: Made in America · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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#18
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Wait But Why
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#19
Becoming Steve Jobs
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#20
Danny Meyer (The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business)
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#21
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
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#22
How To Turn Down A Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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#23
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
The Big Short · The Engineers and the Price System · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
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#24
No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet
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#25
Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson
Against the Odds: An Autobiography
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#26
My Life and Work: The Autobiography of Henry Ford
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win · I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford · My Life and Work
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#27
A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder · The Bed of Procrustes · The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life · Kitchen Confidential · Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
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#28
The Wright Brothers
The Empire of the Air · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Wright Brothers
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#29
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
The Big Short · The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company · Steve Jobs
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#30
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · Wait But Why · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#31
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue and Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#32
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
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#33
Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World · Team of Rivals · This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#34
Creativity Inc: The Autobiography of the founder of Pixar
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
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#35
George Lucas: A Life
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · George Lucas: A Life
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#36
Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
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#37
The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Wright Brothers
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#38
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · The Wright Brothers
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#39
Walt Disney: An American Original
Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Walt Disney: An American Original
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#40
Insisting On The Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land and Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War · Walt Disney: An American Original
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#41
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
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#42
One From Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
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#43
Ray Dalio: Principles: Life and Work
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · My Life and Work · Principles: Life and Work · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · Wait But Why
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#44
A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
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#45
Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#46
I Love Capitalism: An American Story
Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion · I Love Capitalism: An American Story · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
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#47
Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
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#48
Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson
The Big Short · Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
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#49
Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life by Richard Branson
Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way · Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business
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#50
Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#51
Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion · The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders · Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
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#52
The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization · The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
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#53
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
The Art of War · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Principles: Life and Work · The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders · There's No Speed Limit · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#54
The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt · The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
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#55
Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
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#56
The Biography of Herb Kelleher
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
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#57
John Bogle: Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution
The Big Short · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution · This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
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#58
John Bogle: Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life · From Little Acorns: The Story of Distillers Corporation Seagram's Limited · Stay the Course: The Story of Vanguard and the Index Revolution · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#59
Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire
Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos, and Letters: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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#60
Yvon Chouinard: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years
The Innovator's Dilemma · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Patagonia Catalogs · The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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#61
Malcom McLean: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
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#62
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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#63
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich · Wait But Why
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#64
Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets
Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets
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#65
Kirk Kerkorian: Penniless Dropout became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
The Big Short · The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Dealmaker in Capitalist History · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#66
Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West
Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos, and Letters: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
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#67
Conrad Hilton: Hilton Hotel Dynasty
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty · The Mamba Mentality: How I Play · Optimism
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#68
Daniel Ludwig: The Invisible Billionaire
The Big Short · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig
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#69
Charles Goodyear: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future · The Wright Brothers
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#70
Mark Spitznagel: The Dao of Capital
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder · The Big Short · The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life · Thinking, Fast and Slow
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#71
Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Do Things That Don't Scale · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
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#72
Stan Lee: Founder of Marvel
The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Do Things That Don't Scale · Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee · Kitchen Confidential
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#73
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick: The Bitter Partnership That Changed America
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · The Big Short · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
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#74
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
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#75
Henry Clay Frick: Andrew Carnegie's Partner
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · The Wright Brothers
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#76
Steve Jobs: The Early Years of Apple
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs
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#77
Steve Jobs (The NeXT Years)
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · A Truck Full of Money: Coding, Mania, Love, Genius: The Life of an American Entrepreneur
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#78
Charlie Munger (the Tao of Charlie Munger)
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos · The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#79
Charlie Munger (The Complete Investor)
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor · Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life · Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#80
Henry Ford (Today and Tomorrow)
Jeff Bezos on the Electricity Metaphor of the Web's Future · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · My Life and Work · Today and Tomorrow
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#81
Henry Royce (Founder of Rolls-Royce)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi · Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First 40 Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944 · Wait But Why
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#82
David Ogilvy (Ogilvy on Advertising)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Kitchen Confidential · Ogilvy on Advertising · Scientific Advertising · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
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#83
Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
Jeff Bezos on the Electricity Metaphor of the Web's Future · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · Experimental Researches in Electricity · The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#84
Aristotle Onassis
The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Onassis · Relentlessly Resourceful
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#85
Walter and Olive Ann Beech (Aviation Legends)
The Barnstormer and the Lady: Aviation Legends Walter and Olive Ann Beech · The Defiant Ones · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Dealmaker in Capitalist History · The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark · Wild Company: The Untold Story of Banana Republic
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#86
Carl Bosch and Fritz Haber (A Genius and a Doomed Tycoon)
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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#87
Thomas Watson (IBM)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM
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#88
Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters— All of them!
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Big Short · The Defiant Ones · First a Dream · The Intelligent Investor · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
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#89
David Ogilvy (Confessions of an Advertising Man)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · First a Dream · Ogilvy on Advertising · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
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#90
Charlie Munger (Poor Charlie's Almanack)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Confessions of an Advertising Man · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · First a Dream · Fortune's Formula · Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Poor Richard's Almanack · The Tipping Point
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#91
Jim Clayton (Sold to Warren Buffett)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · First a Dream · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#92
Ed Thorp and Claude Shannon
Beat the Dealer · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Fortune's Formula · A Man for All Markets · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
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#93
Ed Thorp (A Man for All Markets)
Beat the Dealer · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Fortune's Formula · A Man for All Markets
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#94
Henry Singleton (The Outsiders)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Fortune's Formula · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · My Life and Work · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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#95
Claude Shannon
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Fortune's Formula · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
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#96
James J. Hill (Empire Builder of the Northwest)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#97
Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari vs Ford)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview · The Wright Brothers
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#98
Enzo Ferrari (the making of an automobile empire)
Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · The Wright Brothers
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#99
Carroll Shelby (My name is Carroll Shelby and performance is my business)
Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · Purple Cow
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#100
Warren Buffett (The Snowball)
First a Dream · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · How to Win Friends and Influence People · A Man for All Markets · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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#101
Warren Buffett (The Tao of Warren Buffett)
The Bed of Procrustes · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark · The Tao of Warren Buffett: Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom: Quotations and Interpretations to Help Guide You to Billionaire Wealth and Enlightened Business Management
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#102
Akio Morita (Sony)
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Relentlessly Resourceful · Steve Jobs
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#103
Hetty Green (The Richest Woman in America)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age
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#104
Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA)
The Testament of a Furniture Dealer · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story
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#105
Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · First a Dream · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Sam Walton: Made in America · Steve Jobs
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#106
Bill Walsh (The Score Takes Care of Itself)
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#107
Sol Price (Costco)
The Incas: New Perspectives · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator
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#108
Jim Simons (Money Printer)
Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · A Man for All Markets · The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
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#109
Adi Dassler (Adidas)
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports
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#110
Henry Singleton (Teledyne)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · My Years with General Motors · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · There's No Speed Limit
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#111
David Geffen
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · Onassis · The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood · Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First 40 Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944 · Wait But Why
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#112
Frank Lloyd Wright
A Man for All Markets · Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
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#113
A.G. Gaston (Black Titan and the Making of a Black American Millionaire)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
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#114
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
I'm All In: High Stakes, Big Business, and the Birth of the World Poker Tour · The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
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#115
Ben Franklin: An American Life
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Leonardo da Vinci · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Poor Richard's Almanack
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#116
Sam Bronfman (Seagram's and the Bronfman family dynasty)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · From Little Acorns: The Story of Distillers Corporation Seagram's Limited · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#117
Chung Ju-yung founder of Hyundai (the most inspiring autobiography I've read)
Born of This Land: My Life Story · Onassis · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam
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#118
Forty Years With Henry Ford
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · My Forty Years with Ford
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#119
The Dodge Brothers
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, and The Legacy · My Forty Years with Ford · Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
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#120
Billy Durant (Creator of General Motors)
Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, and The Legacy · The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
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#121
Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan (General Motors)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History · Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, and The Legacy · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · My Years with General Motors · Ogilvy on Advertising · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#122
Alfred Sloan (General Motors)
Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · My Years with General Motors · Ogilvy on Advertising · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#123
Albert Champion (Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon)
Billy Durant: Creator of General Motors · The Fast Times of Albert Champion: From Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon, An Untold Story of Speed, Success, and Betrayal
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#124
Larry Ellison and Oracle
The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM · Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
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#125
Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer, founder)
My Forty Years with Ford · Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering
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#126
Larry Ellison (The Billionaire and the Mechanic)
The Age of Napoleon · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation · Lone Survivor · Steve Jobs · West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
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#127
Larry Ellison (Oracle)
The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
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#128
Henry Leland (Cadillac)
The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Master of Precision · My Forty Years with Ford
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#129
Felix Dennis (How to Get Rich)
How to Get Rich · Letters to My Brother
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#130
Walter Chrysler
How to Get Rich · Life of an American Workman · Master of Precision
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#131
Robert Friedland (Billionaire Miner)
The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World
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#132
Edwin Land (Steve Jobs's Hero)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Cook and the Chef: Elon Musk's Secret Sauce · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
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#133
Edwin Land (Polaroid and The Man Who Invented It)
Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience · Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It · The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York · Steve Jobs
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#134
Edwin Land (Polaroid vs Kodak)
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Physical Optics · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
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#135
Joseph Pulitzer (Politics & Media)
Born of This Land: My Life Story · Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World · Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
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#136
Estée Lauder
Estée: A Success Story
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#137
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum: An American Life
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#138
Alexander Graham Bell
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · My Forty Years with Ford · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell
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#139
J.P. Morgan
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
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#140
Bill Gates (the Making of the Microsoft Empire)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Ogilvy on Advertising · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World
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#141
Arnold Schwarzenegger (My Unbelievably True Life Story)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · Wait But Why
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#142
Teddy Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
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#143
Alfred Lee Loomis (the most interesting man you've never heard of)
Einstein: His Life and Universe · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#144
Ernest Shackleton
The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
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#145
William Randolph Hearst
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst · The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing
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#146
Milton Hershey (Chocolate)
Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams · My Forty Years with Ford · Sam Walton: Made in America
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#147
Sam Colt
Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History · How to Get Rich · My Years with General Motors · Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America
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#148
John D. Rockefeller (Autobiography)
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · Sam Walton: Made in America · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#149
The Big Rich (Oil Billionaires)
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
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#150
Sam Walton (America's Richest Man)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Sam Walton: Made in America · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator
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#151
Frederick Smith (FedEx)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator
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#152
Katherine Graham (Washington Post)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Personal History · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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#153
Bill Bowerman (Nike)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports
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#154
Charles Schulz (Charlie Brown)
Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · My Life with Charlie Brown · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
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#155
Jeff Bezos (Shareholder Letters and Speeches)
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Leonardo da Vinci · Steve Jobs
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#156
Theodore Roosevelt
Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt · On Asthma: Its Pathology and Treatment · Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power · Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell · The Wright Brothers
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#157
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Leonardo da Vinci · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · Steve Jobs · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#158
Walt Disney (Disneyland)
Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford · Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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#159
Andy Grove (Intel)
Blueprint for Armageddon · High Output Management · The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution · Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#160
Peter Cundill
Routines and Orgies: The Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher and Philanthropist · Security Analysis
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#161
Dr. Seuss
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodore Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · George Lucas: A Life · The Lessons of History · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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#162
Chuck Yeager
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Jackie Cochran: The Autobiography of the Greatest Woman Pilot in Aviation History · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · Yeager: An Autobiography
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#163
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel: A Biography · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · A History of Great Inventions · A Man for All Markets · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
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#164
Robert Goddard (Rocket Man)
Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell · Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Wait But Why
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#165
William Shockley (Creator of the Electronic Age)
Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age · The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#166
Robert Noyce (Intel)
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Swimming Across: A Memoir
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#167
Jackie Cochran (Aviation)
Born of This Land: My Life Story · Jackie Cochran: The Autobiography of the Greatest Woman Pilot in Aviation History · Yeager: An Autobiography
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#168
Larry Miller (Driven: An Autobiography)
Born of This Land: My Life Story · The Dodge Brothers: The Men, The Motor Cars, and The Legacy · Driven: An Autobiography · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · The Wright Brothers
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#169
David Ogilvy (The King of Madison Avenue)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Blood, Brains, and Beer · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising · My Life in Advertising · Ogilvy on Advertising · The Road · Scientific Advertising · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Tested Advertising Methods · The Theory and Practice of Selling the Aga Cooker · The Unpublished David Ogilvy
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#170
Claude Hopkins (A Life in Advertising)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Driven: An Autobiography · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story · My Life in Advertising · Purple Cow · Scientific Advertising · Estée: A Success Story
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#171
Chuck Feeney (The Billionaire who gave all of his money away)
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt · My Life in Advertising · My Years with General Motors
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#172
Elon Musk (Early Days of SpaceX)
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · There's No Speed Limit
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#173
Louis B. Mayer (MGM Studios)
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
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#174
Bill Gates (Overdrive)
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Leonardo da Vinci · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace · Who Is Michael Ovitz? · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#175
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · The Incas: New Perspectives · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Long Walk to Freedom · Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt · The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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#176
Linus Torvalds (Creator of Linux)
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary · Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture · Operating Systems: Design and Implementation · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace · Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator
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#177
Robert Campeau (Junk Bonds and Retail Bankruptcy)
The Big Short · First a Dream · Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming 80s to a Crashing Halt
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#178
Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Steve Jobs · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#179
Jeff Bezos
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · Creation: Life and How to Make It · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Goal · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · How Buildings Learn · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Sam Walton: Made in America · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#180
Jeff Bezos (Invention of a Global Empire)
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Blue Origin welcome letter / founding memo · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America · The Innovator's Dilemma · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Topgrading · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#181
Paul Orfalea (Kinkos)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#182
Warren Buffett (The Making of an American Capitalist)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · One Thousand Ways to Make $1000 · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Poor Richard's Almanack · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Security Analysis · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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#183
Johnny Carson
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Johnny Carson
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#184
Isadore Sharp (Four Seasons)
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#185
César Ritz and Auguste Escoffier (The Hotelier and The Chef)
The English Hotel Nuisance · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Le Guide Culinaire: Aide-mémoire de cuisine pratique · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#186
Phil Knight (Nike)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Born of This Land: My Life Story · Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#187
Albert Einstein
Einstein: His Life and Universe · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Sam Walton: Made in America · Steve Jobs · Wait But Why · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#188
Joe Coulombe (Founder of Trader Joes)
Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Fearless Flyer · The Guns of August · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · The Mamba Mentality: How I Play · My Life in Advertising · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#189
David Ogilvy (The book I've given as a gift the most)
The Theory and Practice of Selling the Aga Cooker · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising · My Life in Advertising · Ogilvy on Advertising · Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering · Scientific Advertising · Tested Advertising Methods · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · The Unpublished David Ogilvy
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#190
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison
Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · My Forty Years with Ford · Schlep Blindness · The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#191
Naval Ravikant (A Guide to Wealth and Happiness)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · The Bed of Procrustes · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · How to Do What You Love · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary · A Man for All Markets · One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization · Paul Graham's Essays · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Poor Richard's Almanack · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War · The Unpublished David Ogilvy · Wait But Why · The War of Art · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#192
Jim Casey (Founder of UPS)
Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Driven: An Autobiography · Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#193
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Arnold's first autobiography)
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · The War of Art
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#194
Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · For Whom the Bell Tolls · Ghosts of the Ostfront · The Guns of August · The Old Man and the Sea · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · The Sun Also Rises · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935–1961
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#195
Sid Meier (Computer game designer)
Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture · Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games · My Life in Advertising · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · Wait But Why
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#196
Winston Churchill (Leadership during WW2)
The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · Ghosts of the Ostfront · Onassis · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz · Yeager: An Autobiography
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#197
Founder of the Rothschild Family Dynasty
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Prophets of Doom · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#198
Nathan Rothschild (Rothschild Family Dynasty)
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798–1848 · The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#199
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets · Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life · The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
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#200
James Dyson (Against the Odds)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · A History of Great Inventions · How to Get Rich · Leonardo da Vinci · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Wright Brothers · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#201
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (James Dyson's Hero)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Biography · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters
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#202
A Few Lessons From Warren Buffett
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · Fearless Flyer · A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers from Warren E. Buffett · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Ogilvy on Advertising · Steve Jobs · This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#203
Georges Doriot (Birth of Venture Capital)
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The Defiant Ones · The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798–1848 · How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#204
Steve Jobs (Inside Steve's Brain)
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Inside Steve's Brain · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
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#205
James Dyson (Invention: A Life)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · A History of Great Inventions · Inside Steve's Brain · Invention: A Life · Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Biography · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview
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#206
Albert D. Lasker (the creation of the advertising industry)
The Defiant Ones · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Invention: A Life · The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing but True Story of Albert Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century · My Life in Advertising · Ogilvy on Advertising · Scientific Advertising · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#207
Claude Hopkins (Scientific Advertising)
Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games · My Life in Advertising · Scientific Advertising
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#208
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Bill Hewlett
Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Inside Steve's Brain · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing but True Story of Albert Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century · My Years with General Motors · Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Swimming Across: A Memoir
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#209
Steven Spielberg: A Biography
George Lucas: A Life · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Steven Spielberg: A Biography
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#210
Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodore Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · The Old Man and the Sea · On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft · There's No Speed Limit
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#211
Aristotle Onassis: An Extravagant Life
As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty · The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft · Onassis: An Extravagant Life · Relentlessly Resourceful · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#212
Michael Jordan: The Life
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · Michael Jordan: The Life · On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft · Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable · Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Steve Jobs
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#213
Michael Jordan: Driven From Within
Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Driven from Within · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · My Life and Work · The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#214
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · The Lessons of History · The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York · Steve Jobs · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#215
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves (The General and the Genius)
The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Hardcore History Episode 59: The Destroyer of Worlds · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
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#216
Paul Van Doren (Founder of Vans)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing but True Story of Albert Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century · Steve Jobs · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
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#217
Estée Lauder
How to Do What You Love · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · My Life in Advertising · Paul Graham's Essays · Relentlessly Resourceful · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Scientific Advertising · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Estée: A Success Story · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#218
Johan Cruyff (A Life of Total Football)
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · Driven from Within · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Invention: A Life · The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing but True Story of Albert Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century · My Turn: A Life of Total Football · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Steve Jobs
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#219
Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography
Bone in the Throat · Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography · A Cook's Tour · Gone Bamboo · The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers · Kitchen Confidential · A Man for All Markets · My Turn: A Life of Total Football · Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success · Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, the Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#220
Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography · Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · George Lucas: A Life · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Biography · My Terrible Joys: The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs
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#221
Charlie Munger
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#222
Ed Thorp (My personal blueprint)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Beat the Dealer · Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Fortune's Formula · A Man for All Markets · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#223
Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
Do Things That Don't Scale · A Man for All Markets · Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
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#224
Charles de Gaulle
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · De Gaulle · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Edge of the Sword · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · General Patton's speech to the Third Army · Ghosts of the Ostfront · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz · Towards a Professional Army
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#225
Winston Churchill
Churchill · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · De Gaulle · How to Get Rich · Personal History · Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business · The Second World War · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz · Estée: A Success Story · The World Crisis
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#226
Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Churchill · De Gaulle · The Edge of the Sword · Hardcore History Addendum, Episode 9: Glimpses of Olympias · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · The Second World War · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz · Team of Rivals
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#227
The Essays of Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · De Gaulle · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · A Man for All Markets · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II · Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend
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#228
Michael Bloomberg
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Bloomberg by Bloomberg · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games · The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#229
Sidney Harman (Founder of Harman Kardon)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Bloomberg by Bloomberg · Foxes and Hedgehogs · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Mind Your Own Business: A Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and Life · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · Poor Richard's Almanack · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Tao Te Ching · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
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#230
Lucille Ball (TV's biggest star)
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer · Love, Lucy · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#231
William Rosenberg (Founder of Dunkin Donuts)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · Johnny Carson · Love, Lucy · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · My Life in Advertising · Ogilvy on Advertising · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Scientific Advertising · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#232
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror, as Told by His Original Biographers · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Churchill · George Lucas: A Life · Hardcore History Addendum, Episode 9: Glimpses of Olympias · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Mind Your Own Business: A Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and Life · The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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#233
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin (PayPal)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Do Things That Don't Scale · Driven from Within · Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · My Life and Work · The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview · There's No Speed Limit
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#234
Sam Walton: Made In America
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · Driven from Within · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · Foxes and Hedgehogs · Michael Jordan: The Life · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Sam Walton: Made in America · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · Estée: A Success Story · There's No Speed Limit
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#235
Steve Jobs (The Pixar Story)
Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Driven from Within · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · George Lucas: A Life · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Mind Your Own Business: A Maverick's Guide to Business, Leadership and Life · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · Toy Story
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#236
Nims Purja (Mountain Climber)
100 Rules to Live By · 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible · Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · Sam Walton: Made in America · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#237
Julio Lobo (Cuba's Last Sugar Tycoon)
Alfred Nobel: A Biography · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams · The History of Cuba in 50 Events · The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
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#238
Jay Z: Decoded
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition, Volume 1 · The Bed of Procrustes · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune · Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography · Decoded · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Michael Jordan: The Life · Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Sam Walton: Made in America · Steve Jobs
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#239
The Wright Brothers
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Animal Locomotion, or Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on Aeronautics · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · Driven from Within · The Empire of the Air · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · My Life in Advertising · On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace · Relentlessly Resourceful · The Wright Brothers
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#240
Mozart: A Life
Churchill · Decoded · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Inside Steve's Brain · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Mozart: A Life · My Turn: A Life of Total Football
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#241
The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies
Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies · Churchill · I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford · Michael Jordan: The Life · My Life in Advertising · The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey · Scientific Advertising · The Wright Brothers
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#242
Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life
The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · George Lucas: A Life · jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy · Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power · Steven Spielberg: A Biography · There's No Speed Limit
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#243
Francis Greenburger (Real Estate Billionaire)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age · Risk Game: Self-Portrait of an Entrepreneur · Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#244
Harry Snyder (In-N-Out Burger)
Aliens, Jedi, and Cults: A Mental Model for Potential · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Fearless Flyer · In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success · Ogilvy on Advertising · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#245
Rick Rubin (In the Studio)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · Decoded · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Invention: A Life · Mozart: A Life · Rick Rubin: In the Studio
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#246
Mark Leonard's Shareholder Letters
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · The Evolution of Cooperation · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Mark Leonard's Shareholder Letters · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Thinking, Fast and Slow
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#247
Henry Flagler (Rockefeller's partner)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Ogilvy on Advertising · Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#248
John D. Rockefeller (Titan)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#249
Steve Jobs In His Own Words
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Churchill · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Mark Leonard's Shareholder Letters · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · The Tim Ferriss Show #596: Edward O. Thorp, A Man for All Markets · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
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#250
Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time · The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798–1848 · Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean · The Lessons of History · The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger · The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#251
Ben Franklin and George Washington: The Founding Partnership
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Poor Richard's Almanack
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#252
Socrates
Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror, as Told by His Original Biographers · Churchill · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Mozart: A Life · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Socrates: A Man for Our Times · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#253
Henry Goldman (Goldman Sachs)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time · Goldman Sachs: Fortune Favors the Old · The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798–1848 · Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World · Michael Jordan: The Life · Risk Game: Self-Portrait of an Entrepreneur · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · The Uses of Adversity · When Money Was in Fashion: Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs, and the Founding of Wall Street
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#254
John D. Rockefeller: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#255
Sam Zemurray (Banana King)
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
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#256
Edward L. Bernays (Public Relations, Advertising, & Persuasion)
The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World · The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing but True Story of Albert Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century · Ogilvy on Advertising · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#257
Richard Garriott (Video Games and Space Exploration)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War
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#258
Jay Gould (Dark Genius of Wall Street)
Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons · The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and the Birth of Public Relations · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers
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#259
Bob Dylan
Bound for Glory · Chronicles: Volume One · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Steve Jobs · On War
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#260
One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition, Volume 1 · Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
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#261
Dee Hock's Autobiography of a Restless Mind Volume One and Two
Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition, Volume 1
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#262
Herbie Cohen (World's Greatest Negotiator)
The Adventures of Herbie Cohen, World's Greatest Negotiator · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life
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#263
Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It
Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition, Volume 1 · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · The Instant Image: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It · Overnight Success: Federal Express and Frederick Smith, Its Renegade Creator · Physical Optics · A Triumph of Genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#264
The Story of Edwin Land and Polaroid
Physical Optics · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · My Life in Advertising · Scientific Advertising · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#265
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Michael Jordan: The Life · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
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#266
Henry Ford's Autobiography
George Lucas: A Life · Invest Like the Best · My Life and Work · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#267
Thomas Edison
Bill Gurley (Benchmark): Runnin' Down a Dream · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons · Edison · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · Experimental Researches in Electricity · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip · The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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#268
John Malone (Cable Cowboy)
Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business · Driven from Within · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#269
Sam Zell
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Am I Being Too Subtle: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel · Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Johnny Carson · Swimming Across: A Memoir · Zeckendorf: The Autobiography of the Man Who Played a Real Life Game of Monopoly and Won the Largest Real Estate Empire in History
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#270
Vannevar Bush (Pieces of the Action)
As We May Think · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century · The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · P.T. Barnum: An American Life · Pieces of the Action · Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
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#271
Vannevar Bush (Engineer of the American Century)
As We May Think · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Pieces of the Action · The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age · The Unpublished David Ogilvy
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#272
Kobe Bryant (The Life)
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Driven from Within · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invest Like the Best · Michael Jordan: The Life · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
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#273
Kobe Bryant (Mamba Mentality)
Driven from Within · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Mamba Mentality: How I Play · Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
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#274
Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · The Engineers and the Price System · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
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#275
Paul Graham
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Anatomy of Determination · De Gaulle · Do Things That Don't Scale · Driven from Within · How Not to Die · How to Do What You Love · How to Make Wealth · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Paul Graham's Essays · Relentlessly Resourceful · What Doesn't Seem Like Work · What Startups Are Really Like · Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy · A Word to the Resourceful · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#276
Paul Graham’s Essays Part 2
Aliens, Jedi, and Cults: A Mental Model for Potential · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · The Defiant Ones · Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age · How to Do What You Love · How to Think for Yourself · How to Work Hard · Paul Graham's Essays · Schlep Blindness · What I've Learned from Users
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#277
Paul Graham's Essays Part 3
Beating the Averages · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age · How to Make Wealth · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Mind the Gap · The Other Road Ahead · Taste for Makers · Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy
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#278
Peter Thiel
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Paul Graham's Essays · Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · Schlep Blindness · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#279
What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS · Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business · Copy This!: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned a Bright Idea into One of America's Best Companies · Do Things That Don't Scale · First a Dream · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM · Relentlessly Resourceful · What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Highly Successful Company · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#280
Jimi Hendrix
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography · Chronicles: Volume One · Decoded · Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire · Invention: A Life · Jimi Hendrix, Starting at Zero, His Own Story · Paul Graham's Essays · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#281
Working with Steve Jobs
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
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#282
Jeff Bezos Shareholder Letters
Jeff Bezos on the Electricity Metaphor of the Web's Future · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · My Life and Work · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Sam Walton: Made in America · What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Developing a Highly Successful Company · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#283
Andrew Carnegie
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Benjamin Franklin: An American Life · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
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#284
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First 40 Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944
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#285
Jay Gould (How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune)
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue · Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · Ogilvy on Advertising · Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
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#286
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Paul Graham's Essays · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator
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#287
The Founder of Rolls-Royce
Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age · Paul Graham's Essays · Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First 40 Years of Britain's Most Prestigious Company, 1904-1944
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#288
Ralph Lauren
Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood · Ralph Lauren: The Man Behind the Mystique · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Talent Is the Best Asset Class · Very Ralph
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#289
Brunello Cucinelli
The Dream of Solomeo, My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism · Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life · Invention: A Life · Invest Like the Best · It's a Wonderful Life · The Marketing Imagination · Brunello Cucinelli · Passion and Pain
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#290
Bill Gates
The Dream of Solomeo, My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism · Driven from Within · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace
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#291
David Packard (Founder of HP)
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company · Insisting on the Impossible: The Life of Edwin Land · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#292
Daniel Ludwig (The Invisible Billionaire)
The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Onassis: An Extravagant Life
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#293
Ray Kroc (The Making of McDonald's)
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#294
Napoleon
Churchill · Driven: An Autobiography · Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership · General Patton's speech to the Third Army · Ghosts of the Ostfront · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · A Man for All Markets · Napoleon: A Concise Biography
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#295
I had dinner with Charlie Munger
Born of This Land: My Life Story · The Defiant Ones · Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership · From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Invest Like the Best · Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · Sam Walton: Made in America · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#296
Bernard Arnault (The Richest Man in the World)
Acquired: LVMH · Business Breakdowns: LVMH: The Wolf in Cashmere's Conglomerate · Invest Like the Best · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark · The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Story
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#297
Yvon Chouinard (Patagonia)
The Beak of the Finch · Fearless Flyer · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman · Patagonia Catalogs · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
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#298
I had lunch with Sam Zell
Am I Being Too Subtle: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy · Tim Ferriss Podcast episode featuring Sam Zell interviewed by Peter Attia · Zeckendorf: The Autobiography of the Man Who Played a Real Life Game of Monopoly and Won the Largest Real Estate Empire in History
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#299
Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The Defiant Ones · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in His Own Words · The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley · Steve Jobs interview with Michael Moritz · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#300
James Dyson (Against the Odds)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography
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#301
Tiger Woods
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Tiger Woods · Working
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#302
Napoleon (The Mind of Napoleon)
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · Roots of Strategy: The Five Greatest Military Classics of All Time in One Volume · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Napoleon: A Concise Biography · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Steve Jobs
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#303
Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist · The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising · The Women of Berkshire Hathaway: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Female CEOs and Directors
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#304
Sol Price (The Founder Who Taught Jim Sinegal, Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, Bernie Marcus)
Built From Scratch: How A Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion · General Patton's speech to the Third Army · Sam Walton: Made in America · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator
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#305
Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, & obsession
Paul Graham's Essays · The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York · Working
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#306
David Ogilvy (Confessions of an Advertising Man)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Ogilvy on Advertising · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love
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#307
The World's Great Family Dynasties: Rockefeller, Rothschild, Morgan, & Toyada
Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#308
The Founder of Glock
Glock: The Rise of America's Gun
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#309
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Before He Was Successful)
Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak · Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#310
Walt Disney and Picasso
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak · Creators: From Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Invest Like the Best · Working
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#311
James Cameron
The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron · The Return of James Cameron, Box Office King
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#312
Mark Twain
Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · Blood and Thunder · Invest Like the Best · The Lessons of History · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#313
Christopher Nolan
Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron · The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan
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#314
Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · Life Is Short · How to Do Great Work · How to Do What You Love · How to Work Hard · The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan · Paul Graham's Essays
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#315
Balenciaga
Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · Creators: From Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney · How to Do Great Work
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#316
Bugatti
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron · The Bugatti Story · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans · How to Do Great Work · Instant: The Story of Polaroid · The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan
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#317
Ed Catmull (Founder of Pixar)
Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · The Bugatti Story · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · How to Do Great Work · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story · Toy Story
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#318
Alistair Urquhart (Listen to this when you’re stressed)
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East · Franklin and Washington: The Founding Partnership · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#319
The Making of Winston Churchill Part 1
Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill · Churchill · Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage · Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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#320
The Making of Winston Churchill Part 2
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill · Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill · Invest Like the Best · Paul Graham's Essays · The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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#321
Working with Jeff Bezos
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#322
Herb Kelleher (Southwest Airlines)
Herb's Heroes · Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
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#323
Jimmy Buffett
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · How to Do Great Work · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#324
John D. Rockefeller (38 Letters Rockefeller Wrote to His Son)
The 38 Letters from John D. Rockefeller to His Son · Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#325
Larry Gagosian (Billionaire Art Dealer)
How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#326
Anna Wintour
Anna: The Biography · Anna Wintour: I just have to make sure things are being done right · How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The September Issue
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#327
Ted Turner
Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business · Call Me Ted · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Driven: An Autobiography · The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Dealmaker in Capitalist History · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Pieces of the Action · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#328
Tom Murphy (Buffett's favorite manager)
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Call Me Ted · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#329
Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
John Collison–Charlie Munger conversation on Invest Like the Best · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · The Coca-Cola Company (Business Breakdowns episode) · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Driven: An Autobiography · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Invest Like the Best · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · A Man for All Markets · Pieces of the Action · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#330
Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Driven: An Autobiography · Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Pieces of the Action · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#331
Christian Dior
The Dream of Solomeo, My Life and the Idea of Humanistic Capitalism · Christian Dior's autobiography · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Creators: From Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney · Driven: An Autobiography · George Lucas: A Life · How to Do Great Work · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan · Pieces of the Action · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#332
Jesus
Jesus: A Biography from a Believer
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#333
Red Bull's Billionaire Maniac Founder: Dietrich Mateschitz
Die Red Bull Story: Der unglaubliche Erfolg des Dietrich Mateschitz · The Bugatti Story · Christian Dior's autobiography · General Patton's speech to the Third Army · Invest Like the Best · John Collison–Charlie Munger conversation on Invest Like the Best · Rolex: Timeless Excellence (Business Breakdowns) · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#334
Oprah
Building Thrive Capital (Invest Like the Best) · Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · How to Do Great Work · Paul Graham's Essays
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#335
How To Make A Few Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Invest Like the Best · John Collison–Charlie Munger conversation on Invest Like the Best · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#336
How To Lose A Few Billion Dollars: Samuel Insull
Call Me Ted · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Self-Help · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#337
Napoleon's Maxims and Strategy
Roots of Strategy: The Five Greatest Military Classics of All Time in One Volume · Napoleon and Modern War · The Military Maxims of Napoleon · Confessions of an Advertising Man · A Man for All Markets · A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers from Warren E. Buffett · Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and de Gaulle · Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Napoleon: A Concise Biography · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth, with Commentary by David Clark
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#338
Monty Moncrief Texas Oil Billionaire
Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money · Napoleon and Modern War · The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · Call Me Ted · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Rainmakers Podcast
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#339
Joseph Duveen: Robber Baron Art Dealer
The 48 Laws of Power · How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World · The Days of Duveen: A Legendary Art Dealer and His Clients · Napoleon and Modern War · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Invest Like the Best #342: A Primer on Multi-Strategy Hedge Funds · The Military Maxims of Napoleon · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#340
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Driven from Within · Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#341
Cornelius Vanderbilt (Tycoon's War)
The 38 Letters from John D. Rockefeller to His Son · Napoleon and Modern War · The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer
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#342
The Lessons of History (Will & Ariel Durant)
De Gaulle · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II · The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The Lessons of History
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#343
The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness: David Ogilvy
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Cinema Speculation · The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness · How to Do Great Work · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#344
Quentin Tarantino
Cinema Speculation · The Military Maxims of Napoleon · Invest Like the Best
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#345
George Lucas
Cinema Speculation · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Driven: An Autobiography · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · George Lucas: A Life · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Pieces of the Action · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Steve Jobs and the NeXT Big Thing · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#346
How Walt Disney Built Himself
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness · The Lessons of History · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
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#347
How Walt Disney Built His Greatest Creation: Disneyland
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · Disneyland / Walt Disney Presents / The Wonderful World of Walt Disney · Sam Walton: Made in America · Toy Story
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#348
The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger
The 38 Letters from John D. Rockefeller to His Son · The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness · Cinema Speculation · The Days of Duveen: A Legendary Art Dealer and His Clients · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · A Man for All Markets · The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Today and Tomorrow
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#349
How Steve Jobs Kept Things Simple
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World
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#350
How To Sell Like Steve Jobs
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals · Ogilvy on Advertising · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#351
The Founder of Rolex: Hans Wilsdorf
Rolex Jubilee · Rolex: Timeless Excellence (Business Breakdowns) · Call Me Ted · The Luxury Strategy · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#352
J. Paul Getty: The Richest Private Citizen in America
As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty · Confessions of an Advertising Man · Driven: An Autobiography · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · Onassis · Onassis: An Extravagant Life · Pieces of the Action · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#353
How To Be Rich by J. Paul Getty
How to Be Rich · Napoleon and Modern War · The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going · Sam Walton: Made in America · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#354
Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man
Confessions of an Advertising Man · Driven: An Autobiography · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX · 1979 Walmart annual report · Pieces of the Action · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Sam Walton: Made in America · Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary and Social Innovator · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
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#355
Rare Bernard Arnault Interview
Cinema Speculation · Christian Dior's autobiography · The House of Arnault · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton Story
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#356
How The Sun Rose On Silicon Valley: Bob Noyce (Founder of Intel)
Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age · How to Do Great Work · The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company · The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce, How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley
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#357
Haruki Murakami
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir · The Lombardi Rules · Ernest Hemingway on Writing · Hear the Wind Sing · The House of Arnault · How to Do Great Work · Ogilvy on Advertising · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · A Wild Sheep Chase
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#358
I had dinner with John Mackey, Founder of Whole Foods
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · How to Do Great Work · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Team of Rivals · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · The Whole Story, Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
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#359
The Russian Rockefellers: The Nobel Family Dynasty
The Russian Rockefellers: The Saga of the Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry · Wildcatters: A Story of Texans, Oil, and Money · The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes · The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#360
Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal
Rainmakers Podcast · Bloomberg by Bloomberg · Born of This Land: My Life Story · The Bugatti Story · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · The Power of Fastenal People · Les Schwab Pride in Performance: Keep It Going
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#361
Estée Lauder
The Bugatti Story · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Money Masters of Our Time · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Estée: A Success Story
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#362
Li Lu
Moving the Mountain: My Life in China from the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square · Li Lu's 2006 Columbia Business School lecture
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#363
Li Lu and Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · Moving the Mountain: My Life in China from the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square · Charlie Munger on What's Different About Li Lu · The House of Arnault · Li Lu's 2006 Columbia Business School lecture · Li Lu's reflections-on-turning-50 post · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
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#364
Nick & Zak's Excellent Adventure: How Nick Sleep and Qais Zaharia Built Their Investment Partnership
Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life · Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters to Partners · Cedric Chin tweet beginning “One type of remarkable career” · Li Lu's 2006 Columbia Business School lecture · Li Lu's reflections-on-turning-50 post · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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#365
Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters to Partners
Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters to Partners · The Psychology of Human Misjudgment · Li Lu's 2006 Columbia Business School lecture · Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World · The Power of Fastenal People · Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life
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#366
Mr. Beast Leaked Memo
Anna: The Biography · Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters to Partners · How to Succeed in Mr. Beast's Production · The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron · Li Lu's 2006 Columbia Business School lecture · Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader · The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How Larry Ellison and a Car Mechanic Teamed Up to Win Sailing's Greatest Race, the America's Cup, Twice · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · The Goal · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · The House of Arnault · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Physical Optics · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · The Power of Fastenal People · The Unpublished David Ogilvy
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#367
Inside the Contrarian Mind of Sam Zell
Money Talks, Bullshit Walks: Inside the Contrarian Mind of Billionaire Mogul Sam Zell · The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle · The Defiant Ones · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig
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#368
Rockefeller's Autobiography
Am I Being Too Subtle: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel · Napoleon and Modern War · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · Sam Walton: Made in America · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#369
Elon Musk and The Early Days of SpaceX
Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain · Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
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#370
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
The Testament of a Furniture Dealer · Leading by Design: The IKEA Story · The House of Arnault · Sam Walton: Made in America
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#371
James J. Hill: The Empire Builder
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism · James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest · John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers
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#372
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group
This Is Amancio Ortega: The Man Who Created Zara
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#373
Breakfast with Brad Jacobs + How To Make A Few Billion Dollars
Confessions of an Advertising Man · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Invest Like the Best · Invest Like the Best, Episode 352 (Brad Jacobs) · John Collison–Charlie Munger conversation on Invest Like the Best · The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#374
Rare Jeff Bezos Interview
How to Do Great Work · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit · Jeff Bezos on the Electricity Metaphor of the Web's Future · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The House of Arnault · Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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#375
The Single Biggest Individual Financier In The World. The Richest Woman In America: Hetty Green
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon · The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age
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#376
Jensen Huang: Founder of Nvidia
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Napoleon and Modern War · Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders · Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · The Innovator's Dilemma · The NVIDIA Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant · The Power of Fastenal People · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#377
Expanding A Family Dynasty: Marcus Wallenberg Jr.
Furthering a Fortune: Marcus Wallenberg, Swedish Banker and Industrialist · The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals · The NVIDIA Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
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#378
The Last Oil Baron: Leon Hess
Hess, The Last Oil Baron · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · General Patton's speech to the Third Army · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#379
Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys)
Hess, The Last Oil Baron · King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones · Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Call Me Ted
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#380
Four Hundred Pages of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger In Their Own Words
All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger – A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense · Hess, The Last Oil Baron · Buffett and Munger Unscripted: Three Decades of Investment and Business Insights from the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meetings · The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America · Personal History · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#381
I Had Dinner With Michael Ovitz
Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness · Born of This Land: My Life Story · Hess, The Last Oil Baron · Jeff Bezos interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit · Sam Walton: Made in America · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#382
Who Is Michael Ovitz?: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
King of the Cowboys: The Life and Times of Jerry Jones · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Who Is Michael Ovitz?
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#383
Todd Graves and his $10 Billion Chicken Finger Dream
Die Red Bull Story: Der unglaubliche Erfolg des Dietrich Mateschitz · The Invisible Billionaire: Daniel Ludwig · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#384
Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
Am I Being Too Subtle: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel · Ken Griffin's Yale talk · The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · The Bugatti Story · George Lucas: A Life · Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · A Man for All Markets · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Sam Walton: Made in America · Steve Jobs interview with Michael Moritz
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#385
Michael Dell
Ken Griffin's Yale talk · The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger · Direct from Dell · Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? · How to Do Great Work · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · The Innovator's Dilemma · Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive · The NVIDIA Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike · The Wright Brothers
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#386
Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
The Defiant Ones · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · We Were Burning
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#387
Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine
Ken Griffin's Yale talk · Jim Simons's five guiding principles · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution · Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Sam Walton: Made in America · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
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#388
Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters: All of Them!
Jeff Bezos interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit · Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos on the Electricity Metaphor of the Web's Future · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Sam Walton: Made in America · Estée: A Success Story
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#389
The Founder of Jimmy Choo: Tamara Mellon
In My Shoes · Cedric Chin tweet beginning “One type of remarkable career” · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview · The Whole Story, Adventures in Love, Life, and Capitalism
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#390
Rare Steve Jobs Interview
The House of Arnault · Jeff Bezos interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit · Ken Griffin's Yale talk · Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Steve Jobs's 1985 Playboy interview
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#391
Jimmy Iovine
Born to Run · The Defiant Ones · Jimmy Iovine interview with Rick Rubin
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#392
Michele Ferrero and His $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Michele Ferrero: Condividere valori per creare valore · A Complete Unknown · Die Red Bull Story: Der unglaubliche Erfolg des Dietrich Mateschitz
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#393
The Marketing Genius of the Michelin Brothers
Michele Ferrero: Condividere valori per creare valore · The Michelin Men: Driving an Empire · Michelin: un siècle de secrets · Michelin Guide
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#394
An Orphan Who Built An Empire: Leonardo Del Vecchio and The Founding of Luxottica
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
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#395
How Geniuses and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
Die Red Bull Story: Der unglaubliche Erfolg des Dietrich Mateschitz · The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Re-Engineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport · The Lessons of History
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#396
The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari
The Bugatti Story · Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
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#397
Jiro Ono: Simplicity Is The Ultimate Advantage
Michele Ferrero: Condividere valori per creare valore · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · Jiro Dreams of Sushi · Michelin Guide
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#398
Steve Jobs In His Own Words (Make Something Wonderful)
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · The Defiant Ones · Driven from Within · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in His Own Words · The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley · Steve Jobs interview with Michael Moritz · Kobe Bryant interview with Ahmad Rashad · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
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#399
How Elon Works
Elon Musk · Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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#400
The Stubborn Genius of James Dyson
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · A History of Great Inventions · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#401
How Bill Gates Works
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire · Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony · Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader · Source Code: My Beginnings
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#402
Thomas Peterffy: The $80 Billion Founder Who Automates Everything
The Making of a Market Maker
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#403
How Jensen Works
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs · The Innovator's Dilemma · The NVIDIA Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant · The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
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#404
How Larry Ellison Thinks
Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · The NVIDIA Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant · Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
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#405
How Rockefeller Worked
John D.: The Founding Father of the Rockefellers · John D. Rockefeller's Secret Weapon · Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
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#406
Christian von Koenigsegg
Against the Odds: An Autobiography · Invention: A Life
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#407
Bruce Springsteen Repairs the Hole in Himself
Born to Run · Play Nice But Win: A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
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#408
How to Make a Few MORE Billion Dollars: Brad Jacobs
How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
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#409
The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin
The Creative Act: A Way of Being · The Defiant Ones · The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution · Michael Jordan interview with Oprah Winfrey · Tetragrammaton
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#410
Excellent Advice for Living
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier · The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life · Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address
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#411
Tortured Into Greatness: The Life of Andre Agassi
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Open: An Autobiography
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#412
How Roger Federer Works
Open: An Autobiography · The Creative Act: A Way of Being · The Master: The Long Run and the Beautiful Game of Roger Federer · Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · How to Make a Few Billion Dollars · Roger Federer's Dartmouth commencement address
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#413
How To Run Down A Dream
Chronicles: Volume One · Invest Like the Best · Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters · Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love · Running Down a Dream, How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love · Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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#414
How SpaceX Works
Atoms are Cheap, Process is Pricey: What SpaceX Teaches Us About Building Hard Things · The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success
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#415
How Elon Thinks
The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success
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#416
The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis
The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence · The Thinking Game · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#417
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder · Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
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#418
Phil Knight: Founder of Nike
Jogging · Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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#419
Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works
More Than My Share of It All · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#420
Steve Jobs In Exile
Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary
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#421
Jony Ive
Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products · Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary · Talent Is the Best Asset Class
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#422
Joseph Pulitzer
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
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#423
Soichiro Honda
Honda: The Man and His Machines · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#424
Peter Thiel on How to Build a Creative Monopoly
The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success · In the Company of Giants: Candid Conversations with the Visionaries of the Digital World · The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words · Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger · Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs, the Creation of Apple, and How It Changed the World · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#425
The Merchant Bankers
Honda: The Man and His Machines · The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals · The Merchant Bankers · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#426
How Obsession Built Christopher Nolan
Honda: The Man and His Machines · George Lucas: A Life · The Merchant Bankers · The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan · The Road · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#427
How Raymond Plank Built a $50 Billion Oil Company
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · A Small Difference · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#428
How Claude Shannon Worked
Honda: The Man and His Machines · Fortune's Formula · A Man for All Markets · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#429
Bob Dylan's Autobiography
Chronicles: Volume One · The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism
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#430
How to Write Ads That Sell
Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy · A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age · My Life in Advertising · Scientific Advertising · Estée: A Success Story · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#431
How Henry Singleton Worked
Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It · The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King · The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#432
The Mind of Napoleon
The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection from His Written and Spoken Words
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#433
How Michael Bloomberg Works
Ken Griffin's Yale talk · Bloomberg by Bloomberg · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#434
Sam Walton
1979 Walmart annual report · The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon · Sam Walton: The Inside Story of America's Richest Man · Sam Walton: Made in America · Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
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#435
Mark Zuckerberg's Empire
Mark: A Journey to the Heart of History's Largest Non-Territorial Empire
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