Business

Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands....

The prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing presents a grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin....

From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs....

New York Times best-selling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times best-selling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty - his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts....

Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life....

A memoir of leadership and success: The executive chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the year, shares the ideas and values he embraced during his 15 years as CEO while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies....

Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller’s exceptionally rich trove of papers. A landmark publication full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters our image of this most enigmatic capitalist....

In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world....

Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York....

Sheryl Sandberg - Facebook COO, ranked eighth on Fortune's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business - has become one of America's most galvanizing leaders, and an icon for millions of women juggling work and family....

If you’ve ever doubted yourself or felt truly underestimated, this book will inspire a new kind of belief and confidence in you and your dreams....

A personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as "The Oracle of Omaha"....

For fans of Open Book and Sell It Like Serhant, a heartfelt, humorous personal memoir and relatable guide to overcoming obstacles, wising up about romance, and getting ahead in your career from the star of Netflix’s hit reality show Selling Sunset....

The team behind How Google Works returns with management lessons from legendary coach and business executive Bill Campbell, whose mentoring of some of our most successful modern entrepreneurs has helped create well over a trillion dollars in market value....

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller....

Award-winning author and biographer Jimmy Soni explores PayPal’s turbulent early days. With hundreds of interviews and unprecedented access to thousands of pages of internal material, he shows how the seeds of so much of what shapes our world today....

The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer....

Robert Evans' The Kid Stays in the Picture is universally recognized as the greatest, most outrageous, and most unforgettable show business memoir ever written....

Reggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely rise to the top....

Peter Lynch, one of the most successful investors of all time, shows you how to use what you already...

Warren Buffett remains one of the most sought-after and watched figures in business today....

Through useful lessons, lively stories, and vivid examples, this book shows you how to employ Serhant's principles to increase profits and achieve success. Your measure of a good day will no longer depend on one deal or one client, wondering what comes next....

From Blackstone chairman, CEO, and co-founder Stephen A. Schwarzman, a long-awaited book that uses impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show listeners how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations....

Blasting clichéd career advice, the contrarian pundit and creator of Dilbert recounts the humorous ups and downs of his career, revealing the outsized role of luck in our lives and how best to play the system....

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and responsible companies....

When John Akhoian was 17, he saw his father die before his eyes. From then on, his life was in a downward spiral as adversity and poverty started knocking on the door, and John made some bad choices. To some, John Akhoian leads a charmed life. He is the owner of Rooter Hero Plumbing, the largest privately owned plumbing company in California. He is an industry leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a father blessed with a beautiful family. Here, John Akhoian opens up and shares his darkest memories to show you that people can change and change for the better.

With millions of followers and a thriving lifestyle brand, Damsel in Dior, Jacey Duprie is one of today’s top fashion influencers. Her beautiful Instagram photos capture a life of glamour, luxury, and elegance. But Jacey’s life offline has been far from perfect.

 Success Reimagined celebrates the inspiring stories of 28 local Lehigh Valley leaders. This book shares the advice and experiences of these business luminaries, including how they triumphed over adversity, pivoted to overcome challenges, and reinvented themselves to improve their lives, businesses, and community. 

The founder of multibillion-rand financial services empire Sygnia Limited, Magda Wierzycka is South Africa’s most successful businesswoman. In this engaging and insightful book, she tells the story of her life, from her childhood in communist Poland, her family’s escape and relocation to South Africa, her early struggles in the male-dominated financial services industry and the formation and growth of her own company, Sygnia. 

In 1981, Jack Welch took over General Electric and quickly rose to fame as the first celebrity CEO. He golfed with presidents, mingled with movie stars, and was idolized for growing GE into the most valuable company in the world. But Welch’s achievements didn’t stem from business prowess. Rather, they were the result of an effort to push GE’s stock price ever higher, often at the expense of workers, consumers, and innovation. In this revelatory book, David Gelles argues that Welch single-handedly ushered in a new, cutthroat era of American capitalism that continues to this day.

What did you want to be when you grew up? For Nick Terry that was easy, he wanted to be a millionaire. So that's what he did. Starting a courier company from his bedroom, aged just 17, he soon became one of Britain's youngest and most successful self-made millionaires. But that comes at a price. What about social life? What about being a teenager? What about family and friends, and spending 24/7 with his mind at the office? What would that do to a person? Then there are the coincidences. Things happen to him that defy all explanation.

All around the world, the words "Wall Street" conjure up a powerful image. For some, it is the center of America's capitalist system and the engine of its economic growth. For others, it is the home of rapacious bankers and reckless traders whose greed would lead to a global financial crisis. For an Indian-born blackjack player, Wall Street represented something else entirely—a chance for him to play in the largest casino in the world.

The road to success is paved with tests, so you’ve got to believe in yourself above the rest. Dream big, and let your passion shine. If you don’t, you won’t end up with a dime. Challenge the status quo, disrupt the market, and say yes! And remember that innovation is an endless quest. Don’t forget to change business for good. If you want to change the world, then you should. If you think with your head and listen to your heart, I promise you’ll get off to a flying start.

Chronicling the renegade capitalist's rise from lower-middle-class roots to the most powerful force on Wall Street and the most feared change agent in corporate America, King Icahn is a unique and revealing look into the making of a massive American fortune. Written by CEO Mark Stevens who, as Carl's neighbor and tennis partner, gained unprecedented access to Icahn for this uncensored and unauthorized book, King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist is now reissued with a never-before-told foreword, "The Battle to Publish This Book".

Harry Cohn was the cofounder and president of Columbia Pictures, which he ran from the 1930s through the 1950s. Cohn—who abhorred personal publicity—left no writings, made no speeches, and rarely submitted to interviews. Despite this, acclaimed biographer Bob Thomas brilliantly illuminates the life of the powerful but elusive studio head in King Cohn: The Life and Times of Hollywood Mogul Harry Cohn. Thomas details the studio head's rise from a New York City song-plugger to a Poverty Row impresario, highlighting his reign as one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

As you listen on, you will come across struggle, survival, disappointment, and hope. You will laugh, and you will cry; you will reflect, and you will remember, but most importantly, you will learn, grow, and be transformed by the stories of these resilient women. When a small group of career women met at a Let’s Grow Sip & Paint event in January 2020, they joked that 2020 was the only time they were all going to have 20/20 vision, and they should embrace it and create a legacy for the new decade.

With a concise exploration of the remarkable world of blockchain technology, this thought-provoking biography dispels the myths and mysteries behind Ethereum, retracing the fascinating life and career of key founder Vitalik Buterin. Breaking down this intriguing field into a simple approach that beginner crypto investors and tech enthusiasts can understand, The Biography of Vitalik Buterin illuminates the origins of Ethereum, providing an unparalleled glimpse into the man who made it happen.

Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second-most powerful person at Apple and the creative force who most embodies Jobs’s spirit, the man who designed the products adopted by hundreds of millions the world over: the iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, the iMac G3, and the iPhone. In the wake of his close collaborator’s death, the chief designer wrestled with grief and initially threw himself into his work designing the new Apple headquarters and the Watch before losing his motivation.

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