Billionaire biography books
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Billionaire biographies that outshine business books
When it comes to learning about success, grit, and nyhet, biographies of billionaires often outshine traditional self-help business books. Why? Because they provide raw, unfiltered accounts of real-life challenges, failures, and victories. Unlike self-help books that often offer generic advice, these biographies dive into the intricate details of how some of the most successful individuals navigated their journeys to greatness. They offer a front-row seat to the mindset, strategies, and habits that shaped these extraordinary figures.
Let’s explore fem biographies that are more than just stories—they are masterclasses in disrupting industries, thinking big, and pursuing excellence.
1. Built from Scratch by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank
Read for: Learning how to disrupt an industry.
This book tells the fascinating story of how Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank co-founded Home Depot and revolutionised the home improveme
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Billionaires have an outsized influence in the world. Despite frequently being private, this influence affords them the opportunity for book deals that are difficult to pass up. Through these autobiographies and memoirs, we learn more about what billionaires think of themselves, their wealth, their place in the world and what kind of world they think is a good one. Using this piece in Current Affairs magazine as a starting point to collect books written by billionaires and some critique of the worldviews they espouse in them, check out the below titles to hear directly from billionaires about who they think they are!
Finding My Virginity by Richard Branson
Richard Branson started the Virgin Group, now a conglomerate of entertainment, finance and travel (including space!) companies. This is his second book, taking a non-chronological look back at his business life so far. He also is sure to highlight his mid to late career shift to philanthropic ventures and how his w
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Imagine sitting down and having a conversation with an ultra-successful self-made billionaire like Warren Buffett, Mark Cuban or Oprah Winfrey. What could you learn if you spent an afternoon with Richard Branson or Bill Gates?
Can you imagine all the interesting tidbits or helpful advice they might give you? The personalities mentioned above have all lived very different lives but have found their own path to achieve their ambitions. Meeting these people in person is probably beyond reach for most of us, but thanks to the power of reading, we have access to these amazing innovators and groundbreakers.
Many billionaires have written books detailing their lives and the lessons learned as they built their fortunes. Here are 11 fascinating and insightful books written by billionaires that you should read if you hope to follow in their footsteps.
1. Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson
If there's one thing reader