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In All His Glory
The Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
“He is to American broadcasting as Carnegie was to steel, Ford to automobiles, Luce to publishing, and Ruth to baseball,” wrote The New York Times of Willian S. Paley—the man who built CBS, the “Tiffany Network.” Sally Bedell Smith’s In All His Glory takes a hard look at Paley and the...
by Alfred P Sloan Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
This edition has no photos nor charts. A free GM_Charts_Supplement.pdf can be download from enetpress.com
“Deliberately to stop growing is to suffocate. . . . I put no ceiling on progress.”
~Alfred P Sloan, Jr.
Alfred P Sloan, Jr. began his career...
When Hollywood Had a King
The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
In When Hollywood Had a King, the distinguished journalist Connie Bruck tells the sweeping story of MCA and its brilliant leader, a man who transformed the entertainment industry— businessman, politician, tactician, and visionary Lew Wasserman.
The Music Corporation of America was founded...
The Bronfmans
The Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The story of the Bronfman family is a fascinating and improbable saga. It is dominated by "Mr. Sam," the single greatest figure in the history of the liquor business, the man who made drinking whiskey respectable in the United States and who in the 1950s and 1960s built Seagram into the...
Everyone Else Must Fail
The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it into one of America’s great technology companies, but his unpredictable management style keeps...
Grinding It Out
The Making of McDonald's
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
"He either enchants or antagonizes everyone he meets. But even his enemies agree there are three things Ray Kroc does damned well: sell hamburgers, make money, and tell stories." --from Grinding It Out
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have radically changed the way we live, and Ray...
Winners Dream
A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A leadership and career manifesto told through the narrative of one of today’s most inspiring, admired, and successful global leaders.
In Winners Dream, Bill McDermott—the CEO of the world’s largest business software company, SAP—chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work, and disciplined...
Intel Trinity,The
How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Based on unprecedented access to the corporation’s archives, The Intel Trinity is the first full history of Intel Corporation—the essential company of the digital age— told through the lives of the three most important figures in the company’s history: Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy...
by Gary Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test for our own age, the story of a dreamer who turned American media upside down—and suffered the consequences
Louis Rossetto had no money, no home, no job. Five years later he owned the hottest magazine in America and was poised to become an international tycoon,...
The Bite in the Apple
A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years
Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their...
A Global Lesson
Success Through Cooperation and Compassionate Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Reinhard Mohn, legendary entrepreneur and father of the global media giant Bertelsmann, offers penetrating insights into his motives, beliefs, and hopes as one of the world’s foremost businesspeople.
Reinhard Mohn has grappled with the political and cultural changes of recent decades like...
by Leander Kahney
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008-now updated with a new chapter
It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II and the Mac), animated movies in the 1990s (with Pixar), and digital music in the 2000s (with the iPod and iTunes)....
Higher
100 Years of Boeing
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Over the course of a century, the Boeing Company has grown from a small outfit operating out of a converted boathouse—producing a single pontoon plane made from canvas and wood—into the world's largest aerospace company. The thrilling story of the celebrated organization is one filled with ambition,...
by Toni Mascolo, Stafford Hildred
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
TONI MASCOLO was a happy one-year-old toddler in the sleepy Italian town of Scafati, near Pompeii, when, in September 1943, the Allied landings at Salerno brought war to his family's doorstep. More than seventy years later, he is the distinguished head of Toni & Guy, a Knight of the Italian Republic,...