businesspeople

A biography of Steve Jobs: visionary, entrepreneur, inventor, and co-founder of Apple.

Profiles twelve business leaders, including Anita Roddick, Howard Schultz, Ted Turner, and Oprah Winfrey, describing their personal lives, career paths, leadership strategies, political influence, critics' charges, and possible future impacts. Includes chronologies and lists of further resources.

"The . . . story of the rise of Snapchat from a frat boy fantasy to a multi-billion dollar Internet unicorn that has dramatically changed the way we communicate. . . . This book offers [an] . . . account of a company whose goal is no less than to remake the future of entertainment"--OCLC.

"A[n] . . . illustrated children's biography of Bill Gates, from his childhood through his days at Microsoft"--Provided by publisher.

Shares the life of Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Youtube.

Learn how this son of German immigrants from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned his small food-packaging company into a booming business known for its fair treatment of workers and pioneering safe food preparation standards.

Billy Sure, a twelve-year-old inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc., is loved by everyone for his ingenious inventions. His latest, the Cat-Dog Translator, seemed like a great idea when he came up with it. But as the beloved family pets begin revealing embarrassing secrets about their owners, it becomes clear that some things are better left unsaid - or unheard, as the case may be.

Discusses how Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim came together to create one of the most popular websites in the twenty-first century, YouTube.

When four competitive Wall Street bankers accept an escape room challenge that they think is a team-building exercise, they become trapped in a dark elevator and must try to solve clues to survive. Their challenge quickly turns into a deadly game of revenge.

"Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars... But behind the mind-blowing headlines and legendary drive is the story of a bullied and beaten school boy, who through creativity and determination decided to rewrite his story and find his own way to make the world a better place. And to do so with a sense of fun and style. From hosting raves to pay for college to re-writing the rules on space travel, Elon Musk has always gone his own way. And now, award-winning investigative journalist, Anna Crowley Redding takes readers on a well-researched trip through Elon's life and accomplishments"--Provided by the publisher.