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An admiring portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur from the former CNBC host and Forbes editor. One of the most influential figures of our time, Elon Musk is the most talked about man in America who isn’t running for president (yet!). In The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk, veteran business...

The remarkable story of Sumner Redstone, his family legacy, and the battles for all he controls. Sumner Murray Redstone, once feared as the “mad genius” of media who would dump his CEOs for mere wobbles in his companies’ stock price, had built one of the world’s greatest media empires...

This work tells the tale of Harvey S. Firestone, the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of his rise to fame and wealth and the ideals behind his success. Firestone's philosophy is that a business that exists without a reason is due for an early death. If you ask yourself why you are in business and can find no answer other than "I want to make money," you will save money by getting out of business and going to work for someone, for you are in business without sufficient reason.

Phil Knight, o homem por trás da Nike, sempre foi uma figura envolta em mistério. Agora, neste livro franco e surpreendente, ele conta sua história. Com 50 dólares emprestados pelo pai, ele abriu em 1963 uma empresa com uma missão simples: importar do Japão tênis de alta qualidade e baixo custo. Mas o caminho até tornar a Nike uma das marcas mais emblemáticas, inovadoras e rentáveis do mundo não foi fácil, e Knight fala em detalhes dos riscos que enfrentou, dos concorrentes implacáveis e de seus muitos triunfos e golpes de sorte.

कन्हैय्यालाल परदेशी, शिवलाल परदेशी आणि अमर परदेशी या तीन पिढ्यांनी पानाच्या व्यवसायात बस्तान बसवलं आहे. 1961 सालापासून संपूर्ण पुण्याला पानं पुरवण्याचा व्यवसाय करता करता ते अनेक पानपट्ट्यांचे मालक झाले आहेत. त्यांची ही कहाणी.

The World's Simplest Guide to the Stock Market provides a crash course on the essentials of stocks and the stock market. In plain language it gives clear answers to key questions such as: - What is a company, how do companies grow, how do companies raise money, and how does a company go public?...

本書を読めば、富を築くことは決して夢物語ではなく、人は望むような人生を送れることがわかるはずだ。お金や名声、報償、幸福は、それを得る覚悟と決意のある人なら、誰でも手に入れられるのだ。

थॉमस कुक हा पर्यटन क्षेत्रातला जगातला सर्वात मोठा ब्रँड आहे. ज्या काळी पर्यटन व्यवसाय म्हणून माहिती नव्हते तेव्हापासून म्हणजे १८४१ साली थॉमस कुक कंपनीची स्थापन झाली आणि आजही हा ब्रँड अजून टिकून आहे इकेच नव्हे तर तो तितकाच प्रतिष्ठेचा ब्रँड आहे. या ब्रँडच्या घडणीची कहाणी..!

मुकेश अंबानी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज़ के चेयरमैन और मैनेजिंग डायरेक्टर हैं, और भारत के सबसे अमीर बिजनेसमैन भी हैं। उन्होंने अपने पिता धीरूभाई अंबानी के बिज़नेस को लगातार बढ़ाया है और इसीलिए आज रिलायन्स पेट्रोलियम के साथ-साथ भारत का सबसे बड़ा रिटेलर 'रिलायंस रिटेल', भारत की सबसे तेज़ी से बढ़ने वाली टेलीकॉम कंपनी 'रिलायंस जियो', और 50 से ज़्यादा टीवी चैनल वाला 'नेटवर्क 18' भी उनकी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज़ का हिस्सा हैं।

Why did Harsh Mariwala leave his family business? Why did the Burman family quit the day-to-day operations of Dabur? How did the Dhingras turn a collapsing business into India's second-largest paint company? The Inheritors offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in Marico...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an...

A leading industrialist of the 19th and 20th centuries, Andrew Carnegie was one of America's most successful and generous businessmen. The autobiography tells of his rise to power, from humble beginnings in Scotland to controlling the biggest steel empire in the history of the United States. Carnegie lays down the blueprint for success, with an abundance of inspiring life lessons, while also giving unique first-hand impressions of burgeoning 19th century America and some of the most prominent people of the age, including Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain.

Super Agent. Maverick. Reformer. Iconoclast. Dealmaker. Dentist? Jerry Argovitz has worn many hats in his remarkable life, both inside and outside of the world of sports. As a player agent representing and advising some of the biggest names in the game, Argovitz challenged the NFL both at the negotiating table and in the courtroom, earning a reputation as one of the most powerful men in professional sports.

A life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild. At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he’s spent over five years of his life sleeping in tents: “And most of that in...

Twenty years before the publication of his magnum opus Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill was an instructor, philosopher, and writer at the George Washington Institute in Chicago, where he taught courses in advertising and sales. These rare, never-before-seen lectures were thought to be lost to history. Until now. Given exclusive access to the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, Jeffrey Gitomer has unearthed Hill’s original course notes containing the fundamental beliefs in hard work and personal development that established Hill as a global leader of success and positive attitude.

देवयानी मांडवगणे या तरुणीनं स्वत:चा 'योग-उर्जा' स्टुडिओ कसा उभारला, आरोग्य क्षेत्रातली व्यवसाय संधी शोधून त्याचं सोनं कसं केलं, त्याची गोष्ट!

Il 27 marzo 1995 Maurizio Gucci, erede della favolosa dinastia dell'alta moda, mentre sta per raggiungere il suo ufficio di Milano viene assassinato a colpi di pistola da uno sconosciuto. Nel 1998, l'ex moglie Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli - soprannominata la "Vedova nera" dalla stampa - viene condannata a 29 anni di prigione come mandante dell'omicidio.

A much-needed playbook to supporting and retaining women of color in leadership roles to create lasting change in the world, from a former labor and community organizer and founder of one of the nation’s premier funders of women of color-led organizations. “A balm and an inspiration...

John H. Johnson, the remarkable entrepreneur who founded the Ebony publishing empire, tells the story of his success. The wealthiest African-American in the US today, Johnson shares his rags to riches saga, from the many obstacles that confronted him to his ultimate triumph.

A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy. David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for

The Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men Hoffman reveals how a few players managed to take over Russia's cash-strapped economy and then divvy it up in loans-for-shares deals.