businesspeople

Profiles ten entrepreneurs who started fast food businesses, including the founders of Harvey House, White Castle, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Domino's Pizza, and others.

Looks at women who are changing the world of business, focusing on clothing sellers, computer scientist, experts on foreign countries and others.

Story of the Dombey family and the business they own in nineteenth-century England.

A biography of the founder of Apple Computer company and owner of Pixar, the computer animation company that developed the movie "Toy Story.".

Explores the life and career of the creator of the online bookstore Amazon.com, discussing his early interest in computers, business philosophy, and plans for the future.

Profiles twenty-five individuals who have been brilliantly successful in commerce, manufacturing, or finance, most becoming fabulously wealthy in the process, and discusses their contributions to the practice of American business.

Examines the story of the invention of "Twitter," investigating the lives of Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Christopher Stone, and Noah Glass--the four friends who originally invented the website, and how the quick success of Twitter strained and in some cases broke their friendships with each other.

A biography of Jeff Bezos, discussing his early life as the adopted son of a Cuban-American immigrant, and his success as the founder of the online bookstore Amazon.com.

Set in Hong Kong in 1963. The Noble House is in financial trouble and the fate of Hong Kong rests on what will happen to it.

A short biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the steamship and railroad tycoon, focusing on his success as a business man.