businessmen

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The Tycoons

how Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan invented the American supereconomy
2006

The great Getty

the lives and loves of J. Paul Getty -- richest man in the world
1985
Chronicles the life of the savviest entrepreneur of the century, tracing his development from childhood, the deals that earned his first million, and the story of his five marriages and family tragedies.

Iacocca

an autobiography
1984
A self-portrait of the executive who rescued the Chrysler Corporation from bankruptcy.

Built from scratch

how a couple of regular guys grew the Home Depot from nothing to $30 billion
1999
Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank tell the story of how they created the first Home Depot warehouse store and went on to build a over seven hundred additional stores, making a fortune along the way.

Dombey and Son

1982
Story of the Dombey family and the business they own in nineteenth-century England.

Standing up for America

a biography of Lee Iacocca
1987
A biography of the businessman who saved the Chrysler Corporation from bankruptcy.

Henry Ford

1984
A biography of the American inventor and engineer who became a pioneer in the automobile industry and founded the Ford Motor Company.

Noble house

a novel of contemporary Hong Kong
1981
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.

Cornelius Vanderbilt and the railroad industry

2003
A short biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the steamship and railroad tycoon, focusing on his success as a business man.

From rags to riches

people who started businesses from scratch
1990
Presents brief biographies of the enterprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.C. Penney, Hershey's chocolate, Ebony magazine, and Kinney shoes.

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