businessmen

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businessmen

Bill Gates

computer programmer and entrepreneur
2000
A biography of the software developer and computer entrepreneur who founded Microsoft and helped make personal computers a reality.

Bill Gates

software king
2000
A biography of Bill Gates, focusing on his development of the Microsoft Corporation.

John Paul Getty

billionaire oilman
2001
An illustrated biography of John Paul Getty, looking at how he accumulated his multi-billion-dollar fortune in the oil business, and discussing his philanthropic activities in his later life.

Great African Americans in business

1996
Examines the lives of more than ten African-American men and women, including Oprah Winfrey, Don Cornelius, and Susan Taylor, and discusses the obstacles they overcame on the path to success.

Milton Hershey

the founder of Hershey's chocolate
2005
Describes the early life and business career of Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey Chocolate company.

Bill Gates

software genius of Microsoft
2003
Explores the life and career of the software developer and computer entrepreneur, discussing his early efforts in co-founding Microsoft, current successes and problems of the company, and his philanthropy.

Henry Ford

young man with ideas
1986
Chronicles the early life of Henry Ford, the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.

Top entrepreneurs and their businesses

illustrated with photographs
1993
Examines the lives of eight men and one woman, including Sam Walton, L.L. Bean, Walt Disney, and Rose Totino, who built once-small businesses into well-known enterprises.

Bill Gates

2007
A biography of the man who created Microsoft, from his childhood to his battle in court after being accused of having a monopoly in the computer industry.

George W. Bush

2002
A biography of George W. Bush, discussing his childhood, his school years, his various career choices, his term as governor of Texas, and the controversial election that put him in the White House.

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