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What does it take to lead a team to world-class success over a sustained period of time? Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the few leaders who truly knows. In his 38 years in management, Sir Alex won an astonishing 49 trophies and helped grow Manchester United into one of the biggest commercial brands...

Named one of Financial Times’s Best Books of 2025 New York Times reporter and bestselling author David Gelles reveals how Patagonia became a global leader in doing well by doing good and how other companies are adopting its principles. This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary...

In 1854, the American entrepreneur Cyrus Field set out to lay a 2,000-mile telegraph cable across the Atlantic. Nothing like it had ever been attempted, and Field knew nothing about electricity, telegraphy, ships, or oceans. But he believed that wiring the world for near-instantaneous communication would bring about peace on Earth. After enduring years of global scorn, catastrophic failures, staggering losses, and brushes with death, Field would finally lay his great cable in 1866 and usher in the global information age as we know it.

Why is one man blamed for everything? George Soros has been called a puppetmaster, a globalist, a threat to democracy, and a hero of it. Sometimes all in the same sentence. From collapsing currencies to funding civil rights and bankrolling prosecutors to appearing in conspiracy threads across the internet, his name now carries more weight than his actions ever did. This book cuts through the noise. SOROS traces how a Holocaust survivor turned hedge fund legend became one of the most feared and mythologized figures on the planet.

Schiffy: The Life and Times of Somebody You Probably Don't Know, But Should is the story of David "Schiffy" Schiff, an internationally recognized as the go-to Orals Coach for some of the world's largest companies and has helped them win billions of dollars by securing highly lucrative government and defense contracts. Schiffy has successfully leveraged his four Emmy Awards for directing to help people tell their stories in a profound and differentiating way.

He’s the richest man alive, the loudest presence online, and the only person seriously planning to die on Mars. Elon Musk’s journey is unlike any other — from bullied kid in apartheid South Africa to the most polarizing figure on Earth. He built PayPal, nearly destroyed Tesla, crashed rockets for fun, and now controls the internet’s favorite town square. But this isn’t just a story about companies. It’s about simulation theory, brain chips, artificial intelligence, flame-throwers, and Mars.

Aspirin changed medicine forever. But that was just the beginning. BAYER is the untold story of how one pharmaceutical company helped invent modern chemistry, aligned with fascism, trademarked heroin, used forced labor at Auschwitz, rebranded, rebounded, and quietly became one of the most powerful corporations on Earth. From industrial dyes to global drugs, from war crimes to billion-dollar cancer settlements, this book traces the long arc of Bayer’s rise and what it reveals about the system behind modern medicine. This isn’t just a company history. It’s a century of power, pain, and profit.

A title ranking the great 26 entrepreneurs of all time.

Steve Jobs didn’t invent the future. He made it feel inevitable. From a California garage to global godhood, this is the story of the man who turned computers into companions, products into rituals, and simplicity into a cult. But beneath the keynote charisma and polished glass lies something deeper: obsession, control, intuition, rage, and raw design philosophy that reshaped the modern world. Jobs: The Man Behind the Glass goes beyond the black turtleneck myth to uncover the ghost still flickering inside every screen. Because what he built wasn’t just a company.

Jim Smith was born in 1953 and raised on a small dairy farm in rural Illinois, where he learned the values of hard work and resilience amid challenging family circumstances. Drafted during the Vietnam War era, his life took a pivotal turn that eventually led him to earn a master’s degree from Stanford University and succeed as an entrepreneur in California. A lifelong learner, world traveler, and passionate genealogist, Jim wrote From Fields to Fulfillment to preserve his story for future generations and reflect on a life shaped by struggle, growth, forgiveness, and unexpected good fortune.

Accidentally Sold the Business I Built is the raw, unfiltered story of an entrepreneur who started with ₹15,000, a 120-square-foot room, and a stubborn dream that education could be built with heart, not just capital. From delivering pizzas to survive his first failure, to building Intellect Educare into a movement that transformed thousands of lives through classrooms, blood donation camps, and child safety programs, Dr. Periasamy Pradeep's journey is anything but ordinary.

In this compelling memoir, Jeff Peterson invites listeners into his extraordinary journey from humble beginnings to becoming a visionary real estate developer and entrepreneur. His story isn't one of inherited wealth or privileged connections—it's about grit, determination, and the unwavering belief that with enough perseverance, anything is possible. Growing up in North Carolina, Peterson learned early lessons in resilience through weekend camping trips with his brother and backbreaking summer work in tobacco fields.

Richard Thurstan's memoir provides a captivating journey through his extensive career in the insurance industry, commencing with his initial role as a Trainee Loss Adjuster back in the summer of 1979. With a keen eye for detail and a knack for storytelling, Thurstan shares a plethora of experiences, ranging from the handling of catastrophic events to the resolution of peculiar cases such as smoke-damaged lingerie.

From the author of the acclaimed ‘Mr. China’ comes another rollicking adventure story – part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio – that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners win in China. In the twenty-first century, the world has tilted eastwards in its orbit; China grows...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Find Your Extraordinary , written and read by Jessica Herrin. Jessica Herrin has cracked the code for how to balance a wildly successful career with a full, rich life. In Find Your Extraordinary, she shows how any woman can...

An insightful, behind-the-scences portrait of the technology giant Apple Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane delves deep inside Apple in the two years since Steve Jobs’s death, revealing the tensions and challenges CEO Tim Cook and his team face as they try to...

Chasing the Internet—From Backyards to Boardrooms​, a revised version of Life Lessons—How to Fail and Win, chronicles Alan Knott-Craig's relentless pursuit to bridge South Africa's digital divide, taking listeners from his early entrepreneurial struggles to building one of the country's most innovative connectivity companies. This isn't just another startup story—it's a blueprint for purpose-driven entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

Marco nasce nella periferia romana degli anni Sessanta, in un quartiere di cemento e strade sbrecciate. Fin da piccolo capisce che la sua vita non sarà mai lineare: ogni caduta diventa una spinta verso un nuovo inizio. Negli anni Ottanta parte per Londra, capitale del punk e dei rave clandestini. Qui sopravvive tra lavori precari, fame e libertà assoluta, reinventandosi come lavapiatti, cuoco e intrattenitore improvvisato.

In his honest and passionate memoir, Jeff Pink shares his journey as an immigrant who started a small beauty supply shop in Los Angeles and developed it into a 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art factory and headquarters of ORLY International. As a beauty company producing more than 750 products for nail color and care, ORLY is distributed throughout the United States and 40 countries worldwide.

An authoritative company history of Berkshire Hathaway, fully updated to cover the last five years. Beginning with Berkshire's origins as a struggling textile company, The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway examines the development of the modern-day conglomerate year-by-year and...