Biographies & Autobiographies

It is difficult to locate biographical or autobiographical works unless one is looking for a specific individual. Such books are often classified under a number of different headings (e.g. Businessmen-United States - Biography; Executives - Canada - Biography). Since biographical works in business can be hard to find, the Business Library Staff identified recent arrivals and listed them below. It is by no means an exhaustive list. In most cases, considerable additional information is available by looking at the full bibliographic record for each entry on the library Online Public Catalogue.

INDIVIDUAL WORKS
(COLLECTIVE WORKS FOLLOW BELOW)

Ambani, Dhirubhai

Mahabharata in polyester : the making of the world's richest brothers and their feud
Hamish McDonald. HC432.5.A45M33 2010 

The Polyester Prince : the Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani
Hamish McDonald. HC432.5.A43M34 1998.
Dhirubhai Ambani's life is a rags-to-riches story, from Bombay's crowded pavements and bazaars to the city's extravagantly wealthy social circles where business tycoons, stockmarket speculators, smugglers, politicians and Hindi film stars mingle, make money, make and break marriages and carry out prolonged feuds-sometimes violent, often histrionic."

Arden, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Arden: Beauty Empire Builder
Shuker, Nancy. HD9970.5.C672A737 2001

Asper, Izzy
Izzy : the passionate life and turbulent times of Izzy Asper, Canada's media mogul
Newman, Peter C. (see other books and articles by Newman)

Autry, James
Confessions of an Accidental Businessman : It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom
Autry, James A. HC102.5.A88A3 1996.
Autry was the CEO at Lockheed and is now (c1997) at Princeton. This Alger-like account was one of the finalists for the Global Business Book Awards.

Ballmer, Steven
Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft
Alan, Fredric HD9696.63.U62B355 2002

Barton, Bruce
The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America
BUSSTK E748.B264F75 2005
"Everyone knew him then: Bruce Barton was a cultural icon. Two-thirds of American history textbooks today cite him to illustrate the 1920s adoration of the business mentality that then dominated American culture. Historians quote from his enormous best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows, in which Barton called Jesus the "founder of modern business" who "picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world." But few know Bruce Barton now: he is the most famous twentieth-century American not to rate a biography. Richard Fried's compelling new study captures the full dimensions of Barton's varied and fascinating life. More than a popularizer of the entrepreneurial Jesus, he was a prolific writer—of novels, magazine articles, interviews with the mighty, pithy editorials of uplift. He edited a weekly magazine that anticipated the format of Life. Most famously, he co-founded the advertising agency that became Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn and grew to symbolize "Madison Avenue." He made GM and GE household initials. Barton's religious writings, especially The Man Nobody Knows, epitomized modernist religious thought in the twenties—at one point he had two religious books on the best-seller list. As a political spin merchant, he advanced the careers of Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover; his agency scripted later campaigns for Republicans, notably Dwight Eisenhower. Barton himself was twice elected to Congress, ran for the U.S. Senate in 1940, and that year lent his name to FDR's famous mocking litany, "Martin, Barton, and Fish." In Richard Fried's illuminating biography, Barton comes to life as a man who often initiated, sometimes followed, and occasionally fought the social and political trends of his times—but always defined their essential qualities. He can truly be called a key figure in a large territory of the American mind. With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs." [from the publisher's site - 2007]

Beaverbrook, Lord  (Max Aitken)
Richards, David Adams
Lord Beaverbrook KING'S DA566.9.B37R53 2008

Bezos, Jeff
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 1-21

Bhattacharyya, Kumar
Lorenz, Andrew
Kumar Bhattacharyya: The Unsung Guru (TA 190.L67 2002) "For more than 20 years, Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya has been the most influential but least well-known manufacturing industry expert in Britain. He has advised two Prime Ministers – Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair – and a succession of senior government officials on matters ranging from the privatisation of British Steel to the future of the car industry. Bhattacharyya is also a unique academic entrepreneur: today, Warwick Manufacturing Group, the unit inside Warwick University that he founded in 1979, is Britain's answer to MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). WMG has annual revenues of £80m, educates more than 5,000 post-graduates and managers a year through its worldwide network of operations, and has won international renown with its philosophy of breaking down the barriers between academia and industry. Bhattacharyya's is a remarkable story, but one that has
never been told– until now." [ Somewhat skeptical of this publisher's blurb, we found that indeed, Bhattacharyya is a rather important figure. See, for example, Frank Fitzgibbon's piece - "Honour at last for unsung hero of British industry - Book of the week" in The Sunday Times, June 9, 2002 which is available to you via Factiva.]

Bills, Martha
McQueen, Rod. Can't buy me love : how Martha Billes made Canadian Tire hers.
BUSSTK HD9745.C22B55 2001

Black, Conrad
Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World’s Fastest Growing Press Empire
Siklos, Richard HC112.5.B53A3 1996.

Black, Fischer
Mehrling, Perry
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
BUS HG 172.F53M44 2005
"Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance explores Fischer Black’s intellectual journey from Harvard to the offices of ADL, from the University of Chicago to MIT, and then to Goldman Sachs. Years of research and interviews with Black’s business and academic associates, as well as family and friends, are distilled into a scholarly yet personal story of the formation and development of the extraordinary mind and unique character of this unassuming renegade. This poignant book tells the story of one man’s intellectual adventure at the very center of modern finance. It is a story about the birth of quantitative finance and financial engineering. It is also the story about the continuing human quest to defeat the "dark forces of time and ignorance," as John Maynard Keynes famously put it."

Blank, Arthur (Home Depot)
Built from Scratch : How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew the Home Depot from Nothing to $30 Billion
Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank with Bob Andelman. HD9999.D622M375 1999.

Bloomberg, Michael
Bloomberg by Bloomberg
Bloomberg, Michael. HG172.B56A3 1997.
We have a Bloomberg terminal and we get the Bloomberg magazine; now we have the Bloomberg biography which explains how he has been able to put his empire together after leaving Salomon.

Bogle, John C.
The House That Bogle Built: How John Bogle and Vanguard Reinvented the Mutual Fund Industry
Braham, Lewis. HG4530.B694 2011

Bond, Alan
Bond / Alan Bond ; with Rob Mundle.
Bond, Alan HC602.5.B66A3 2003

Boswell, James Griffin
The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
Arax, Mark. F868.S173A73 2003

Branson, Richard
Business the Richard Branson Way : 10 secrets of the World's Greatest Brand Builder
Des Dearlove. HC252.5.B73D4 1999

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 21-53

Losing My Virginity : how I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Richard Branson. HC252.5.B73B73 1998
Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success. Now you can find out what ten key business secrets lie at the heart of the Branson management style and the Virgin empire.

Briloff, Abraham J. (Abe)

Criscione, E. Richard. Abraham J. (Abe) Briloff: A Biography BUSSTK HF5604.5.B75A3 2009

Brin, Sergey.

Lowe, Janet. Google speaks : secrets of the world's greatest billionaire entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. BUSSTK QA76.2.A2L69 2009

Bronfman, Edgar M.
Good Spirits : the Making of a Businessman
Edgar M. Bronfman. DBWSTK HD9390.C22B713 1998.

Fortune's Fool: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music, and Industry in Crisis
Goodman, Fred. ML429.B76G66 2010

Browne, John.

Beyond Business.
Browne, John.  HD9560.5.B755 2010

Warren Buffet & The Art of Stock Arbitrage
Buffett, Mary & David Clark HG6024.A3B83 2010

Buffett's Bites: The Essential Investor's Guide To Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters.
Rittenhouse, L. BUSSTK HG4930.R58 2010

Buffett Beyond Value: Why Warren Buffett Looks to Growth and Management When Investing.
Jain, Prem. BUSSTK HG4521.J264 2010

Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha
Connors, Richard BUSSTK HD31.C6244 2010

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 53-75

Warren Buffett Speaks : Wit and Wisdom from the World’s Greatest Investor
Buffett, Warren HG172.B84B84 1997.

Candler, Asa
God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola
Kemp, Kathryn. HC102.5.C34K456 2002

Carmack, John & John Romero
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Kushner, David. GV 1469.15.K87 2003
The two guys are John Carmack and John Romero.
For two reviews see "At the Top of Their Game, WSJ, May 6 and the NYT Book Review, May 4. (2003)

Case, Steven
AOL.COM : How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads, and Made Millions in the War on the Web
Kara Swisher. DBWSTK HE7583.U6S85 1999.
"aol.com is the inside story about the birth of a new medium and the enterprising innovators who are creating it."

Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner
Munk, Nina. HE7583.U6.M66 2004

Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner
Klein, Alec. HE 7583.U6.K54 2003
From Booklist:
"In 1999 Wall Street was enamored with anything dot-com, and America Online was adding new subscribers in droves by giving away billions of free disks. Old-economy media giant Time Warner was trying to figure out how to make money in this new Internet thing. Its CEO, Jerry Levin, was eager to bring the company into the computer-friendly twenty-first century. Steve Case, CEO of AOL, knew the ride wouldn't last forever and shrewdly leveraged the inflated AOL stock to purchase the much larger Time Warner. Klein fascinatingly fills in the gaps of what is known of this, the largest merger in U.S. history. It turned out to be the signal of the end as this deal revealed to all that the Internet could not stand on its own. What was supposed to have been a synergy of new and old media turned out to be a total culture clash that led to disastrous results for the company and its stockholders. As a reporter for the Washington Post since 2000, Klein's investigative reporting of AOL Time Warner's business practices led to serious government investigations. Under pressure, several top AOL executives, including both Case and Levin, were forced to resign". David Siegfried

Chambers, John
John Chambers and the CISCO Way
Waters, John K. HD9696.8.U62C479

The Eye of the Storm: How John Chambers Steered CISCO Through the Technology Collapse
Slater, Robert HD9696.2.U64C5767 2003

Choo, Jimmy
The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Powe, Profits and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe.
Goldstein Crowe, Lauren and Sagra Maciera de Rosen.  BUSSTK GT2130.C76 2009

Churchill, Winston
We Shall Not Fail: The Inspiring Leadership of Winston Churchill
Sandys, Celia and Littman, Jonathan. DA 566.9.C5S266 2003
"In We Shall Not Fail, Churchill's granddaughter Celia Sandys has distilled the essential principles of leadership that guided Churchill throughout his remarkable career." "Heralded as the most significant English leader in history, and certainly the greatest orator of his time, Churchill seemed to have been born with the ability to lead. Yet for all his natural gifts, Churchill constantly worked to make himself a better leader, embarking early on a self-taught course of study. Frail and sickly as a young man, Churchill became a crack shot and fiercely brave soldier on the outposts of the British Empire." "His dedication to self-improvement and effectiveness resulted in an extraordinary ability to persevere and motivate others. He pressed for results through his red-tinged "Action This Day" memos and face-to-face meetings with his ministers and generals; he pushed for arms commitments from Roosevelt in letters and telegrams; and, most of all, he made his vigorous and undeniable presence felt in visits to the troops and the latest bombed-out London neighborhood." More than just a biography, We Shall Not Fail highlights and celebrates the character that made Churchill a leader for the ages - his courage, his magnanimity, his impatience with bullies, his passion. Drawing on vivid stories, letters, and speeches, Sandys reveals the lessons we must learn if we are to lead in today's tough business environment by studying the actions and words of a man who to this day remains an inspiration to all."

Cohen Ben
Ben & Jerry’s Double-Dip : Lead with your Values and Make Money, Too
Cohen, Ben (Ben R.) HD9281.U54B463 1997.

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 75-99

Clark, Jim
The New New Thing: a Silicon Valley Story
Lewis, Michael HD9696.63.U62C585 2000

Cook, Bill
Hammel, Bob.
The Bill Cook Story: Ready Fire, Aim!
“The subject of this biography, Bill Cook, is said to 'epitomize the American success story'. From the early days of conducting business from the spare bedroom in his apartment, Cook built up a global multi-billion dollar business. So far, so American Pie. But the twist in the tale is that Cook continued to live a modest life and spends his money on a wide array of philanthropic causes, from historic preservation to marching bands. Whilst it seems a bit of an exaggeration to suggest this is typical (most super-wealthy givers seem comfortable being simultaneously conspicuous consumers and philanthropic), it is always fascinating to gain insights into the life and thoughts of notable donors. Given unlimited access to the subject and his wife, the author is able to paint a particularly intimate portrait, albeit one that is written in a style that never lets the reader forget his day job as a sports journalist. Readers will either like or loathe Hammel's writing style -- breathlessly short sections, bullet-pointed paragraphs and a plot-driven account full of narrative tricks -- but those who stick with the text will emerge with many insights into the mind of a generous, though probably atypical, American businessman.”  Beth Breeze, Publications Editor, Philanthropy UK Newsletter, September 2008, Issue 34

Crow, Trammell
Trammell Crow: A Legacy of Real Estate Business Innovation
Ewald, William Bragg HC102.5.C79E95 2005
"The life of Trammell Crow, real estate guru and maverick entrepreneur, is outlined in this detailed biography and homage to innovative business strategy. From his start as a warehouse broker in Dallas to his halcyon days as the man behind such landmarks as Atlanta's Peach Tree Center, the Embarcadero Center, and the Dallas Market Center, this book makes a lucid connection between Crowe's unorthodox but brilliant partnership-based corporate plan and his astonishing rise to eminence in the real estate world. The careful revelation of Crowe's business philosophy makes this book a must-have for budding business entrepreneurs and real estate veterans."

D'Alessandro, Domenic
Manulife: How Dominic D'Alessandro Built a Global Giant and Fought to Save It.
McQueen, Rod. BUSSTK HG8764.D35M37 2009
“In this engaging book, award-winning business writer Rod McQueen examines how the pugnacious personality and hard-driving leadership style of Dominic D'Alessandro led Manulife Financial to its position as one of the largest and most profitable life insurance companies in North America, and the fourth largest in the world. From D'Alessandro's role in the successful demutualization and conversion of the company to public company status in 1999, which set the stage for Manulife to become a world leader, to D'Alessandro's successful completion of Canada's largest cross-border merger, Manulife captures the story of 15 years of outstanding business leadership.”

Davis, Shelby C. ( Family)
The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street
Rothchild, John. HG172.A2R68 2001

Dell, Michael
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 99-119

DiFrancesca, Charles
Charlie D: The Story of a Legendary Bond Trader
Fallon, William HG4928.5.D53F35 1997

Dimon, Jamie
Cristafulli,Patricia. The House of Dimon: How JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World. BUSSTK HG172.D495C75 2009

McDonald, Duff. Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase BUSSTK HG172.D495M33 2009

Dobbin, Craig.
Reynolds, John, One Hell of a Ride: How Craig Dobbin Built the World’s Largest Helicopter Company BUSSTK HC112.5.D62R49 2008
“One Hell of a Ride traces the life, triumphs and tragedy of Craig Laurence Dobbin, weaving a tale that is inspiring, amusing, tragic and, like its subject, never less than gripping. Dobbin was an irrepressible Newfoundlander who counted prime ministers and U.S. presidents among his friends, teetered on the edge of bankruptcy for much of his life, and remains a legend among all who knew him. Born during the Great Depression, Dobbin built a small empire in real estate and discovered the joy of fishing in remote salmon pools. To reach these he bought a helicopter. Ten years later, he was running CHC Helicopters, a public corporation earning hundreds of millions of dollars annually, most from ferrying men and equipment to offshore oil platforms. He soon grew the company into the largest operation of its kind in the world. When he died in October 2006, Dobbin left behind a legacy of business and personal achievements unmatched by any Canadian of his time. Everyone who dealt with him agrees: they will never see his like again.
For further information about CHC Helicopters see our Company History site.

Dreyfus, Jack
The Lion of Wall Street : The Two Lives of Jack Dreyfus
Dreyfus, Jack HG172.D75D74 1996.

Drexel, Anthony J.
The Man Who Made Wall Street
Rottenberg, Dan. HG2463.D66R67 2001

Drucker, Peter F.
Adventures of a bystander
Peter F. Drucker. H59.D75A33 1998
Drucker conveys his life story - from his early teen years in Vienna through the interwar years in Europe, the New Deal era, World War II, and the postwar period in America - through intimate profiles of a host of fascinating people he's known through the years. Additional information about Drucker is available on our web site.

Durant, William C
The Deal Maker : How William C. Durant Made General Motors
Axel Madsen. HD9710.U52D855 1999.

E.C. Barnie
Barnie, John. Tales of the Shopocracy.
HF5429.6.G72A343

Eatons
Eatonians: The Story of the Family Behind the Family
Phenix, Patricia. HF 5465.C34E358 2002
For two reviews see: "Inside the Eaton's Empire," by Charles Mandel in the Calgary Herald, Nov.9, 2002 and "A Grunt's Eye View: Neither Hatchet Job nor Whitewash, This Book Gives the Untold Side of a Canadian Saga," by John Fraser in the National Post, Nov. 2, 2002.

Ellison, Larry
Everyone Else Must Fail: The Unvarnished Truth About Oracle and Larry Ellison
Southwick, Karen. HD9696.63.U64O728 2003

The Oracle edge: how Oracle Corporation's take no Prisoners Strategy has Created an $8 billion Software Powerhouse
Read, Stuart. HD9696.63.U64O727 2000

The Oracle of Oracle: The Story of Volatile CEO Larry Ellison and the Strategies Behind His Company's Phenomenal Success
Stone, Florence M. HD9696.63.U62E447 2002

Softwar - An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle
Symonds, MatthewHD 9696.63.U62E4478 2003
"Symonds was technology editor at the Economist when Ellison invited him to collaborate on a book about e-business, but the journalist decided he would rather write a profile of the software tycoon, one of Silicon Valley's most notorious figures. Oracle's database programs have become integral to the Internet and other networked computer systems, and Oracle's head is convinced that he can surpass Microsoft as the industry leader. But he's also developed a reputation for his aggressive corporate tactics and personal flamboyance. Ellison agreed to cooperate with the project, but as part of the deal, he reserved the right to respond, which he does in a series of running footnotes. Sometimes he only uses the opportunity to mouth business platitudes, but he also refutes stories, cracks jokes and even argues with other sources. Although the book deals extensively with Oracle's efforts to promote a new software package, it comes to life most when it follows Ellison outside the office-prepping his sailboat for a run at the America's Cup or overseeing the final touches on a Japanese garden complex. Symonds's near-total access to his subject leads to intimate observations that verge on personal advice, as when the writer suggests how best to handle a top Oracle executive or comments on the relationship between Ellison and his two children. But he remains objective enough to point out several mistakes in the past management of Oracle (many of which Ellison acknowledges or clarifies). Even without its unusual counterpoint, the book would stand as a compelling portrayal of one of the computer industry's most influential leaders."
From Publishers Weekly

Fanning, Shawn
All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster
Menn, Joseph. ML 3790.M43 2003
From a Rolling Stone review:
During its brief, whirlwind existence, the file-sharing service Napster smashed rules, tweaked the establishment and allowed its 40 million users to pose as rebels while gorging on free music. Originally a dorm-room project of nineteen-year-old Shawn Fanning, Napster became an overnight sensation and a record-industry enemy before immolating like so many other one-hit wonders. Los Angeles Times reporter Joseph Menn tries to capture Napster's inside story in his new book, All the Rave, but his attempt at a rock & roll chronicle comes across more like Muzak. Wall Street Journal partisans who dig reading about the difference between Series A junior and Series C preferred stock in corporate ownership structures will appreciate Menn's well-reported business tale. But the just-the-facts approach seems to miss the essence of the excitement. For instance, the presumably "holy shit" moment when Fanning and his chat-room buddies realize that their software could doom the record business is summarized simply as "Shawn ... knew early on that they were pushing the legal envelope..."

Farnie, Douglas A.
King Cotton.
John Wilson (ed) HD9881.7.L2K56 2009

Fayed-El, Muhammed
Fayed :The Unauthorized Biography
Tom Bower. DA591.F39B69 1998

Filene Family
The Filenes
George E. Berkley. HC102.5.F5B47 1998.
Filene's Department Store: Boston, Mass.

Fiorina, Carly
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 119-139

Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard
Anders, George. HD9696.A3U5144 2003
There is a brief review of this book in the March HBR (p.24) and both books were reviewed in the Feb. 17th issue of BusinessWeek. "Fresh from her triumph at Lucent, Carly Fiorina took command of Hewlett-Packard in July 1999. Ever since, there has been worldwide fascination with her eventual destiny. She was venturing further than any woman previously had into traditional men's territory. This wasn't just the engineer's realm of bits and bytes; this was the guys' world of beer blasts, rolled-up shirt sleeves, deer-hunting trips to the founders' ranch." "Could Fiorina use her charismatic salesmanship, earthy wit, and iron will to rescue a $40 billion company from a painful period of decline? If she failed, would her missteps destroy Hewlett-Packard, the revered computer and printer company that helped create Silicon Valley?" "Perfect Enough is the definitive account of the most dangerous year in Carly Fiorina's life, chronicling her daredevil bid to remake HP with a record-shattering $20 billion acquisition of archrival Compaq Computer. Not since the late 1980s - when Wall Street operatives battled over the fate of RJR Nabisco - has a takeover drama so decisively moved beyond the business pages to become an enduring passage in American history."

Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard
Burrows, Peter HD9696.A3U53172 2003

Ford, Bill
Ford Tough: Bill Ford and the Battle to Rebuild America's Automaker
Magee, David. HD9710.U54F644 2005

Ford, Edsel
Edsel: The Story of Henry Ford's Forgotten Son
Dominguez, Henry. HD9710.U52F583 2002

Ford, Henry
Beyond the Model T : the Other Ventures of Henry Ford
Ford R. Bryan. DBWSTK HD9710.U52F6627 1997.
An enthusiastic and courageous entrepreneur, Henry Ford used profits from the Model T to launch projects in a multitude of areas, from education to rubber production.

Frankel, Martin
The Pretender: How Martin Frankel Fooled the Financial World and Led the Feds on One of the Most Publicized Manhunts in History
Pollack, Ellen Joan. HV6679.p65 2002

Fri ck, Henry Clay
Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist
Skrabec, Quentin.  HC102.5.F75S55 2010

Fukuzawa, Yukichi

Yukichi Fukuzawa, 1835-1901: The Spirit of Enterprise in Modern Japan
Tamaki, Norio. HG1552.F77T36 2001

Gates, Bill
How the Web Was won : Microsoft from Windows to the Web : the Inside Story of How Bill Gates and his Band of Internet Idealists Transformed a Software Empire
Paul Andrews. HD9696.63.U64M532 1999.
"In How the Web Was Won, veteran Seattle Times journalist Paul Andrews chronicles, for the first time, the most remarkable business turnaround of the 1990s: the story of Microsoft's turbulent journey from Windows to the Web - and of the handful of internet believers who led the charge."

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 139-163

Bill Gates Speaks : Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur
[compiled] by Janet Lowe. DBWSTK HD9696.63.U62G374 1998.
Bill Gates Speaks discloses what Bill Gates has to say on everything from financing a start-up to running a conglomerate, developing technology to raising a family, and growing his business to expanding his personal wealth.

Overdrive : Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace
Wallace, James. HD9696.C62G3379 1997.

Gerstner, Louis
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
HD 9696.2.U64I2545 2002
From the Boston Globe (Jan. 19): "In Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Gerstner shares the story of how he led IBM's dramatic turnaround from moribund technology company to world leader. His tale begins when two IBM board members recruit Gerstner from his position as chief executive of RJR Nabisco. While neither an IBM veteran nor a technological genius, Gerstner accepts the job, believing that his years of management, leadership, and financial acumen can help revive this great company. His book (written without the aid of a ghostwriter, he points out) holds nothing back and reveals an eye for telling details. On his first day of work he finds the chief executive's office has no computer. Enough said. More to the point, Gerstner can't help but share awe and disappointment over what IBM was, and what it has become..."

Ghosn, Carlos
Turnaround: How Carlos Ghosn Rescued Nissan
Magee, David. HD 9710.U54N555 2003
"Business bios are often boring, but good stories, especially ones wherein victory is snatched from the jaws of defeat, can still captivate, especially when well told. Nissan was on the brink and its future - like the rest of the auto industry - is still uncertain. The story of Brazilian-born Carlos Ghosn, the first Westerner to head a Japanese automaker, and his role in turning the company around, is interesting and instructive."

Gilbert, A.C.
The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made: The Life and Times of A.C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved Christmas
Watson, Bruce. TS2301.T7W38 2003.

Gillespie, Alastair W.
Made in Canada: A Businessman's Adventure in Politics
Gillespie, Alastair with Irene Sage. BUSSTK F1034.3.G45A3 2009
“Alastair Gillespie was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and served in the navy during World War II. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford after the war, he went on to become a successful businessman before entering politics. Swept into office as a Liberal MP on the wave of Trudeaumania in 1968, he served in three different cabinet positions. He was successively Minister of State for Science and Technology, Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, and Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.”
For an interesting review that compares and contrasts the life of Gillespie with Lincoln Alexander see William Johnson’s “Different Means, Same Ends” in the Globe and Mail, February 26, 2010.

Gordon, Crawford
An Arrow Through the Heart: The Life and Times of Crawford Gordon and the Avro Arrow
Greig Stewart. HC112.5.G66S74 1998.

Gould, Jay
Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons
Renehan, Edward. HG172.D75R46 2005

Graham, Katharine
Personal History
Graham, Katharine. Z473.G7A3 1997.
This work by the publisher of the Washington Post was just listed in the New York Time’s “Notable Books of the Year”.

Green, Michael
Greenfinger : the Rise of Michael Green and Carlton Communications
Snoddy, Raymond. HC252.5.G74S66 1996
Carlton is the biggest commercial television operation in England

Greenfield, Jerry
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 75-99

Greenspan, Alan
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 163-183

Grove, Andy
Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American
BUSSTK HD9696.S44T588 2006
"In this highly readable but deliberately paced biography, Harvard professor and historian Tedlow (Giants of Enterprise) makes a case for Andy Grove (b. 1936) taking a place alongside Benjamin Franklin as a quintessential American businessman and citizen. Indeed, Grove rose from being a penniless Hungarian refugee to an engineer hired as Intel's third employee, eventually heading the corporation—"one of the most profitable companies in all of business history." Tedlow builds the book around a year-by-year, blow-by-blow account of Intel's ups and downs, punctuated by Grove's contemporaneous musings, drawn from his private notebooks. Following the company over the rocky patches in its trajectory from semiconductors to microprocessors, Tedlow situates Intel among its industry partners and competitors. Sometimes, there's too much context: the author conveys a good deal about Hungary's modern political history and scrutinizes every available scrap of information about his subject's childhood. There are also 20 pages on the 1994 Pentium "floating point flaw" debacle and 15 pages on Grove's battle with prostate cancer. But as a biography of Intel as well as a primer on Grove's writings and management philosophy, the book is truly illuminating. In offering a closeup portrait of this prickly but gifted executive, Tedlow helps us understand why Grove's tenure as Intel's CEO "was so spectacularly successful." [from Publishers Weekly]

Gruen, Victor
Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream
Hardwick, M. Jeffrey. NA737.G78H37 2004

Gutierrez, Carlos
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 203-223

Halle, Bruce
The Legend of Discount Tire Co. Inc.
Rodengen, Jeffrey. HD9161.5.T574D577 2002

Hammer, Armand
Dossier: the secret history of Armand Hammer
Epstein, Edward Jay. HC102.5.H35E67 1996.
A heavily-reviewed and well-received book that offers new information about Hammer’s well-known relationship with the Soviet Union.

Handler, Ruth
Gerber, Robin. Barbie & Ruth: The Story of The World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her. BUSSTK  NK4894.2.H324G47 2009

Hargreaves, Peter. In for a penny : a business adventure [electronic resource]

Hargrove, Buzz
Hargrove, Buzz. Laying It On the Line: Driving a Hard Bargain In Challenging Times. BUSSTK HD6528.A8H38 2009

Harper, Martha Matilda
Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream: How One Woman Changed the Face of Modern Business
Jane R. Plitt. DBWSTK HD9999.B253U56 2000.

Hartog, Robbert
Robbert Hartog: A Lifetime of Changing Lives
Teahen, Shannon  BUSSTK HV28.H37T43 2009

Hassenfeld, Alan
Toy wars: The Epic Struggle between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them
G. Wayne Miller. HD9993.T694H376 1998
"This is the real toy story, an unprecedented behind-the-scenes journey through a world of influence, fantasy, and multimillion-dollar Hollywood deals, a world where the whims of children make millionaires and topple titans. This is also the story of an unusual man. Alan Hassenfeld, the chief executive officer of Hasbro, never intended to run a Fortune 500 company."

Hearst, William Randolph
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
Nasaw, David. Z473.H4N37 2000
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst
Whyte, Kenneth DBW Z473.H4W49 2008 

Heinz, H.J.
H.J. Heinz.
Skrabec Jr., Quentin
HC102.5.H435S57 2009

Ho-Su, Wu
Business As a Vocation: The Autobiography of Wu Ho-Su
Chin-Shing, Huang. HC 430.5.W756H8313 2002.

Hotchkiss, Harley
Hotchkiss, Harley. Hat Trick: A Life in the Hockey Rink, Oil Patch and Community BUSSTK HC112.5.H68A3 2009
“In 2005 during the National Hockey League's year-long lockout of North American teams, Calgary Flames' co-founder Harley Hotchkiss - chair of the league - met alone with Trevor Linden, president of the NHL Players' Association. The wisdom and honesty of the team owner, many decades older, helped influence the popular young centre to convince fellow players to settle the dispute. Harley has had that remarkable effect on people throughout his astonishing career in sports, business, and the community - a hat trick fulfilling his three goals in life. His absorbing memoir is an insider's guide to the development of North American hockey; the growth of the Canadian oil and gas industry witnessed by one of its most influential and individualistic entrepreneurs; and the behind-the-scenes story of enlightened philanthropy. Along the way, the Ontario tobacco-farmer's son tells of doing deals with the legendary Boone Pickens, going on safari with Swedish royalty, and becoming a partner with the mysterious Baron Carlo von Maffei.”

Huizenga, Wayne
The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit, and Videotape
DeGeorge, Gail. HC102.5.H83D43 1996.

Huntsman, Jon M.
Winners Never Cheat : Even in difficult times HF5387.H865 2008
Author royalties from this book go to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.  "The way Jon conducts his business and lives his life will not only inspire you to be a better person, citizen, and entrepreneur, it also will give you hope that the good guys don't finish last." Glenn Beck, CNN "Jon Huntsman is a different breed. He believes business is a creative endeavor, similar to a theater production, wherein integrity must be the central character." Larry King, CNN "Jon Huntsman's own life and personal values lend credence to his words. He walks his ethical talk." Neil Cavuto, Fox News "This book could put me out of business. Nobody would be happier about it than me." Wayne Reaud, Trial Attorney. The nationwide bestseller--fully updated for today's tough times and worldwide financial crises "Everyone does it." Everyone cheats. Cuts corners. Tells lies. Maybe it was different once. Not today. If you want to succeed in thiseconomic climate, you simply have to make compromises. Right? Wrong. You can succeed at the highest levels, without sacrificing the principles that make life worth living. The proof? You're holding it. Jon M.Huntsman built a $12 billion company from scratch, the old-fashioned way: with integrity. There were short-term costs and difficult decisions. There were tough times. Times just like today. But ultimately, leading with integrity wasn't just personally right for Huntsman, it also proved to be the best business strategy. In Winners Never Cheat, Huntsman tells you how he did it, and how you can, too. This book is about remembering why you work, and why you were chosen to lead. It's about finding the bravery to act on what you know is right, no matter what you're up against. It's about winning. The right way. Think about the kind of person you want to do business with. Then, be that person--and use this book to get you there.”
Utah State University announced that its College of Business would be re-named "The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business," in recognition of a gift from Jon and Karen Huntsman of $25 million—the largest in the university's history to that time.

Iacocca, Lee
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1 p. 223-243

Immelt, Jeff
Magee, David. Jeff Immelt and the New GE Way: innovation, Transformation, and Winning in the 21st Century. BUSSTK HD9697.A3U5453 2009

Israel-Curley, Marcia
Defying the Odds: Sharing the Lessons I Learned as a Pioneer Entrepreneur
HB 615.I75 2002
"Marcia Israel-Curley is the pioneering retail visionary behind Judy's, a fashion institution from the moment its first tiny store (7 feet wide and 12 feet deep!) opened in an offbeat Los Angeles neighborhood in 1948, until it was sold in 1989, as a major public company employing over 2000 people. It was called Judy's because the store was only wide enough for a sign with five letters, and it was the first boutique geared to clothing for young women, at a time when teenaged girls had to shop at large department stores and dress like their mothers. As Zsa Zsa Gabor said, "You had to shop Judy's twice each week or you missed great things!" Defying the Odds is a success story with a built-in course in retail entrepreneurship, the inspirational memoir of a self-made woman, and a moving tale of dedication and honesty. Marcia Israel-Curley is a remarkable role model with a wealth of experience and business acumen; her straightforward style makes her lessons for success an engaging and informative read. A lifetime of hard work and success has earned Marcia Israel-Curley many honors: in 1964 she was named Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year and was later designated Entrepreneur of the Year by the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where she is an adjunct professor; she chaired President Reagan's Committee for dealing with "Small and Minority Business Ownership" (reporting directly to the president) and she has been decorated by the U.S. Navy, and the president of France.

Jobs, Steve

I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words
Beahm, George. HC102.5.J63J63 2011

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson.QA76.2.J63I722 2011

At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.  

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.

Jonas, Howard
On a Roll: From Hot Dog Buns to High-tech Billions
Howard Jonas. HE7797.I58J66 1998.
"You've never met a multimillionaire like Howard Jonas. An enterprising kid from the Bronx, Howard had one simple - but smart - idea that revolutionized international telecommunications. He pioneered what is now an over-a-billion- dollar-a-year industry, successfully fought off AT&Ts aggressive attempts to pull the plug on his operation - then took his own start-up company public, to net over $100 million for himself. And it all began with a hot dog stand."

Kaiser, Henry J.
Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur
Stephen B. Adams. DBWSTK HC102.5.K3A43 1997.
In this book, Stephen Adams offers Kaiser's story as the first detailed case study of "government entrepreneurship." The quintessential government entrepreneur, Kaiser built an empire in construction, shipbuilding, cement, magnesium, steel, and aluminum - all based on government contracts, government loans, and changes in government regulations.

Kaufmann, David.
Doorway to Freedom : the story of David Kaufmann : merchant, benefactor, rescuer
DBWSTK D804.6.R34 2008
How it all began: Dr. Benjamin M. Nachman, a retired Omaha dentist and long-time Holocaust researcher, `discovered' David Kaufmann while interviewing a survivor for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. In 1969, Rabbi Myer S. Kripke, who offciated at the funeral of Mr. David Kaufmann, learned that Mr. Kaufmann was "Mr. Grand Island" and that he had been, throughout his life, a role model for cherished Jewish values and had demonstrated that wealth is truly held only in stewardship. It is deeds, generosity and courage that counts!  David Kaufmann was born in Germany in 1875. He was educated and then began his professional life in merchandising and retail in Berlin, and other cities near Bonn and Cologne. At the age of 28, in 1903, he left Germany for America. He started working at A & S Department Store in Brooklyn, NY, but Mr. S.N.Wolbach, a Grand Island, Nebraska, merchant was so impressed by him that he encouraged him to come to Nebraska. And that was the beginning

Kelleher, Herb
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 243-267

Kenan, William Rand
Across Fortune’s Tracks: A Biography of William Rand Kenan, Jr.
Campbell, Walter E. HC102.5.K457C35 1996.
The Business School at the University of North Carolina is named after Kenan.

Knight, Phil
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 267-293

Kolber, Leo
Leo: A Life
Leo Kolber with L. Ian MacDonald F1034.3.K653A3 2003
"My relationship with Sam Bronfman, and his sons Edgar and Charles, has sometimes been compared to that of Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen, the consigliere to the Corleone family in The Godfather, in the sense that I was a surrogate son as well as an adviser to the father, and a friend as well as a counsellor to the sons. There's a certain amount of truth to that, in that I was brought into the family as an outsider, and became privy to its secrets."
Thus begins Leo Kolber's account, written with L. Ian MacDonald, of his remarkable relationship with the Bronfman dynasty, from the founding father to his sons, and eventually to the dissolution of a great business empire...

Komisar, Randy
The Monk and the Riddle: the Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback. HC102.5.K66A3 2000.
Randy Komisar is a "Virtual CEO" who provides "leadership on demand" for several renowned companies. Komisar was recently described by the Washington Post as a "combined professional mentor, minister without portfolio, in-your-face investor, trouble-shooter and door opener."

Koss, Ron and Arnie
The Earth's Best Story: A Bittersweet Tale of Twin Brothers Who Sparked an Organic Revolution
Ron and Arnie Koss  BUSSTK HD9332.U64E275 2010

Lambert, Lillian Lincoln
The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond
Lambert, Lillian Lincoln with Rosemary Brutico
BUSSTK HD6054.4.U6L56 2010

Lane, Greg

Mr. Lean Buys and Transforms a Manufacturing Company
Greg Lane
BUSSTK HD9696.S42L36 2010

Lawrence, Mary Wells
A Big Life (in advertising)
Lawrence, Mary Wells HF5810.L34A3 2002

Lebenthal, Jim
Confessions of a Municipal Bond Salesman
BUSSTK HG4952.L43LA3 2006
“Follow Jim Lebenthal's life journey from Hollywood reporter to renowned bond salesman in this intriguing book. Each chapter consists of vivid stories in which Lebenthal recounts his successes and setbacks, as he worked to build his family business into one of the best-known municipal bond firms in America. Throughout the book, Lebenthal distills his experiences to help you apply what he's learned to your own careers and life. You'll benefit from Lebenthal's unique advice, as he touches on issues such as recognizing opportunity, ethics and morality at work, the secrets to selling, and avoiding procrastination. Written in an accessible manner and delivered with a dose of Lebenthal's trademark humor, Confessions of a Municipal Bond Salesman offers an entertaining and engaging look at this incredible individual-and shows you how to make the most out of your life” [from the publisher’s blurb (Wiley).]

Leeson, Nicholas
Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World
Leeson, Nicholas William HG2998.B37L44 1996.

Lever, William
The king of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned up the World
Macqueen, Adam HC252.5.L384M278 2004

Levy, Leon
The Mind of Wall Street
HG 4910.L485 2002
"As stock prices and investor confidence have collapsed in the wake of Enron, WorldCom, and the dot-com crash, people want to know how this happened and how to make sense of the uncertain times to come.
Into the breach comes one of Wall Street's legendary investors, Leon Levy, to explain why the market so often confounds us, and why those who ought to understand it tend to get chewed up and spat out. Levy, who pioneered many of the innovations and investment instruments that we now take for granted, has prospered in every market for the past fifty years, particularly in today's bear market. In The Mind of Wall Street he recounts stories of his successes and failures to illustrate how investor psychology and willful self-deception so often play critical roles in the process. Like his peers George Soros and Warren Buffett, Levy takes a long and broad view of the rhythms of the markets and the economy. He also offers a provocative analysis of the spectacular Internet bubble, showing that the market has not yet completely recovered from its bout of "irrational exuberance."

Li Ka-Shing
Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong’s Elusive Billionaire
Chan, Anthony B. HC470.3.C43 1996.
The subject is reportedly one of the richest individuals in the world. For an unkind review see the South China Morning Post (March 2, 1997).

Madoff, Bernard
Catastrophe: The Story of Bernard L. Madoff The Man Who Swindled the World.
Strober, Deborah and Gerald. BUSSTK HV6692.M33S77 2009

Madoff With the Money
Oppenheimer, Jerry. HC102.5.M16A3 2009

Marcus, Bernie (Home Depot)
Built from scratch: how a couple of regular guys grew the Home Depot from nothing to $30 billion
Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank with Bob Andelman. HD9999.D622M375 1999.

Marshall Field
The Marshall Fields
Madsen, Axel. CT 274.F54M33 2002

"Like J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Marshall Field was one of the over of triumphant capitalism in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. However, his phenomenal wealth and generous philanthropy masked a disastrous personal life. Deserted by his wife and alienated from his children, the founder of the Field dynasty left a legacy of immense wealth and misery to match. The Marshall Fields recounts the classic tale of Field’s spectacular success as well as the tragic story of a man who, while making millions by knowing what women wanted, had no inkling of his own wife’s emotional needs. This revealing account follows the next five generations of the Field family, concentrating on the most important and controversial figures in each generation. What emerges is a startling saga of money, madness, and mystery. From the son who may have been shot by a chorus girl to the great-great grandson who used his millions to create Hollywood fantasies, Field’s descendants have caromed wildly between rebellion and folly. Their story offers a new and penetrating take on wealth, success, and the nightmare that often accompanies the American dream."

Martin, Paul
Hell or High Water: My Life in and Out of Politics
DBW F1034.3.M37A3 2008

McConnell, J. W.
Fong, William, J.W. McConnell: Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot DBW HV28.M32F66 2008
“J.W. McConnell (1877-1963), born to a poor farming family in Ontario, became one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen of his generation - in Canada and internationally.

Early in his career McConnell established the Montreal office of the Standard Chemical Company and began selling bonds and shares in both North America and Europe, establishing relationships that would lead to his enormous financial success. He was involved in numerous businesses, from tramways to ladies' fashion to mining, and served on the boards of several corporations. For nearly fifty years he was president of St Laurence Sugar and late in life he became the owner and publisher of the Montreal Star.

Melamed, Leo
Leo Melamed: Escape to the Futures
Melamed, Leo. HG6024.A3M437 1996.

Mellon, Tamara
The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: A Glamorous Story of Powe, Profits and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe.
Goldstein Crowe, Lauren and Sagra Maciera de Rosen.  BUSSTK GT2130.C76 2009

Messier, Jean Marie
The Man Who Tried to Buy The World: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal
Johnson, Jo. HC272.5.M48J64 2003

Middleton, Earl M.
Knowing Who I am : A Black Entrepreneur's Struggle and Success in the American South

BUSSTK E185.93.S7M47 2008
“Born in 1919, Middleton is the youngest of six children. His father was a carpenter, and his mother was in one of the first graduating classes of what is now South Carolina State University. Middleton himself graduated from Clafin College, Orangeburg's predominantly black Methodist school, where his studies of sociology became the basis of his knack for understanding and communicating with different communities. A veteran of World War II, Middleton was trained as a Tuskegee Airman in 1942 and then served as an infantry soldier in the Pacific theater. Returning to Orangeburg in 1946, he became a barber and then a restaurant owner before finding his true vocation as a real-estate and insurance salesman. What is now one of the largest and most profitable real-estate firms in Orangeburg began as a sideline in the back of a barbershop, but Middleton quickly developed a reputation for superior knowledge and service.”

Mitchell, George P.

George P. Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability
Jurgen Schmandt HC110.E5S395 2010

"George Mitchell's life is a story of America--a place where the children of immigrants who start with nothing can, through great intelligence and hard work, become billionaires. In this book, we learn how the same unique wisdom that Mitchell applied to oil and gas discovery generated his farsighted passion for focusing the best of science on sustainability issues, thereby producing a critical legacy for the future of the world. Read George Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability and be inspired to follow his example."--Bruce Alberts, President Emeritus, National Academy of Science and Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine

Monks, Robert A.G.
A Traitor to His Class: Robert A.G. Monks and the Battle to Change Corporate America
Hilary Rosenberg. HC102.5.M597R67 1999.
"Though born into a wealthy and powerful Boston family whose roots were established in New England before the Revolution, Robert Augustus Gardner Monks was never intent on simply leading a life of privileged luxury. Driven by a deep desire to make himself "useful to the world," he took steps to meet this end. He graduated from Harvard University - Phi Beta Kappa,
magna cum laude - and Harvard Law School, and subsequently joined Boston's second largest law firm where he became one of its youngest partners ever. Monks then embarked on a new path which led him towards his ultimate goal of far-reaching public service."--BOOK JACKET

Morgan, J.P. and the Warburgs
The Death of the Banker.
Chernow, Ron HG1557.C43
Chernow has written other works on the great financial dynasties. This one is based on the “Barbara Frum Memorial Lectures” given at the University of Toronto.

Morton,Joy.
A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton
Ballowe, James. BUSSTK F548.5.M88B35 2009

Mulrooney, Belinda
Staking her claim : the life of Belinda Mulrooney, Klondike and Alaska entrepreneur
Melanie J. Mayer & Robert N. DeArmond. DBWSTK F1095.K5M295 2000.

Munk, Peter
The Golden Phoenix: A Biography of Peter Munk
Richard Rohmer. HD9506.C22M856 1997.

Peter Munk: the Making of a Modern Tycoon
Rumball, Donald HD9506.C22M857 1996.

Murdoch, Rupert
Business the Rupert Murdoch Way: 10 Secrets of the World's Greatest Deal Maker
Crainer, Stuart HD31.C7273 2002
Inside Rupert's Brain.
La Monica, Paul. BUSSTK  P92.5.M87M66 2009 
La Monica, Paul. Inside Rupert's Brain. BUSSTK  P92.5.M87M66 2009

Murphy, J. Byrne

Le deal : how a Young American in Business, in Love, and in Over his Head, kick-started a Multibillion-dollar Industry in Europe
BUSSTK HD9940.E82M87 2008

“This mélange of memoir, travel-writing and business blueprint chronicles the author's attempt to set up shop in Europe after the catastrophic crash of his American business. Having mortgaged his house and other assets to finance his move to Paris, the author embarks on trying to interest Europeans in his scheme of shopping malls specializing in imperfect and off-season designer goods. He runs into unanticipated obstacles: a backlash against American developers due to the failure of Euro Disneyland, organized opposition from existing retailers, a national political movement against hypermarkets, complex zoning and property laws—not to mention his unfamiliarity with the French language and business customs. Murphy perseveres and manages to get several centers open—all of which are spectacular successes with shoppers and manufacturers. A slapdash collage of genres, the book also includes a mild thriller subplot concerning a rival development company and some even milder romance. While smoothly written, the book suffers from an unfocused narrative and the author's grating insistence in emphasizing his naïveté.”

Niederhoffer, Victor
The Education of a Speculator
Niederhoffer, Victor. HG6049.N54 1997
This book was generally viewed as a rather curious account by a rather eccentric trader. It makes for interesting reading now since Niederhoffer just lost everything in a high risk trade at the Chicago Merc. (coupled with a bad gamble in a Thai hedge fund).

Ogura, Masao
Delivering the Goods: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Japanese Corporation
Ogura, Masao. HC461.5.O38O38 2004

O'Leary, Kevin
Cold hard truth : on business, money & life
HD62.7.O43 2011  
Kevin O’Leary shares invaluable secrets on entrepreneurship, business, money and life.

O'Leary, Michael
Ruddock, Alan. Michael O'Leary : A Life in Full Flight
 HD9711.5.G72R83 2007
“Michael O'Leary has made Ryanair the most valuable airline in Europe - and the second most valuable in the world. He has revolutionized the way Europeans travel and the very nature of commercial aviation. But for all the publicity, little is known about Michael O'Leary beyond the carefully constructed image that he chooses to present. In this, the first biography of O'Leary, Alan Ruddock portrays the man in three dimensions and examines the business miracle whereby Ryanair's passenger numbers and profits have continued to grow while the rest of the airline industry has been forced to retrench.”

Ovitz, Michael
Power to Burn : Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business
Singular, Stephen PN2287.077S56 1996.

Packard, David & Bill Hewlett
The HP way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built our Company.
Packard, David. HD9696.A3U5757
Packard is currently chairman emeritus of Hewlett-Packard. In this work he describes how he and Hewlett began HP in a garage over 50 years ago.

Page, Larry.
Lowe, Janet. Google speaks : secrets of the world's greatest billionaire entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. BUSSTK QA76.2.A2L69 2009

Parlin, Charles Coolidge
Ward, Douglas B.  A new brand of business : Charles Coolidge Parlin, Curtis Publishing Company, and the origins of market research (Electronic Resource)

Paternot, Stephan
A Very Public Offering: a rebel's story of Business Excess, Success and Reckoning
Paternot, Stephan HD9696.8.U64T487 2001

Pencer, Gerry
The Ride of My Life : A Memoir
Gerry Pencer. HD9349.S632P46 1999.
Cott Corporation

Perelman, Ron
When Money is King : How Revlon’s Ron Perelman Mastered the World of Finance to Create one of America’s Greatest Business Empires, and Found Glamour, Beauty, and the High life in the Bargain
Hack, Richard HC102.5.P39H33 1996.

Powell, Colin
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Harari, Oren E840.5.p68H36 2002

Rand, Ayn
Any Rand and the World She Made
Heller, Anne PS3535.A484Z68 2009 

Ayn Rand and Business
Greiner, Donna and Kinni, Theodore
B945.R234G74 2001

Reichmann Family
The Reichmanns : Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia & York
Bianco, Anthony HD316.B53 1997.

Reynolds, R.J. "Dick" Reynolds Jr.
Kid Carolina: A Tobacco Fortune and the Mysterious Death of a Southern Icon
Schnakenberg, Heidi CT275.R497S36 2010

Rich, Marc

The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
Ammann, Daniel. HD9570.R53A55 2009 

Rionda, Manuel
Sugar Baron: Manuel Rionda and the Fortunes of Pre-Castro Cuba
McAvoy, Muriel. HD9114.C882M33 2003

Roddick, Anita
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 293-317

Rogers, Ted
Relentless: The True Story of the Man behind Rogers Communications
Ted Rogers with Robert Brehl. BUSSTK TK5243.R6A3 2008 

Rollins, John W.
Hanging the Moon: the Rollins Rise to Riches
Pifer, Drury L. HC102.5.R564P54 2001

Roosevelt, F.D.R.
Nothing to Fear: Lessons in Leadership from FDR
Axelrod, Alan. JC 330.3.A95 2003b
"In Nothing to Fear, Alan Axelrod examines the unparalleled leadership qualities of FDR, a man who would come to exemplify the kind of decency, bravery, and relentless courage it took to lift America out of the Great Depression and steer it through the darkest days of World War II, even as he battled a debilitating illness on the public stage. The leadership of FDR transformed the most perilous years of the twentieth century into what many Americans regarded as their finest hour."

Rouse, James
Merchant of Illusion: James Rouse, American's Salesman of the Businessman's Utopia
Bloom, Nicholas Dagen. HT175.B54 2004

Russell, George
Success by Ten: George Russell's Top Ten Essentials to Building a Billion Dollar Business
Russell, George F. with Michael Sheldon. BUSSTK HD7091.R89 2010

Schultz, Howard
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 317-341

Schwab, Charles
Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry
Kador, John HG4928.5.K336 2002

Seaman, Doc

Staying in the game : the remarkable story of Doc Seaman. Sharpe, Sydney. BUSSTK  HC112.5.S38S46 2008
On the Wings of the Wind - The Remarkable Doc Seaman, Business and Hockey Icon
Currently unavailable at Western Libraries, but please try an Interlibrary Loan

Sharp, Isadore
Sharp, Isadore. Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy. Isadore Sharp, Founder, Chairman and CEO BUSSTK TX910.5.S53A3 2009

Siebert, Muriel
Changing the Rules: Adventures of a Wall Street Maverick
HG 4928.5.S58 2002
"Although Siebert isn't a household name, she's made waves in financial and political worlds, from the New York Stock Exchange to the Senate. Siebert's determination shines throughout this book; her experiences as the first woman to hold a seat on the NYSE and as the superintendent of banking for New York State have taught her much about working hard and taking advantage of lucky breaks. This slim volume contains more hard information about Wall Street than many popular books on financial planning for women, even if the authors, perhaps concerned about the average reader's ability to digest comments on airline stocks and financial laws, pepper many of the pages with simplistic success maxims (e.g., "Know a lot about a little" and "You've got to know the right questions to produce the right answers") in boldface type. The book is being published at a time when Wall Street's reputation is less than stellar, but Siebert, who's donated substantial time and money to charitable, educational and women's programs, adds some badly needed luster to its tarnished image."

Below: extract from a review by Marion Asnes in Money (Nov. 2002).
"Siebert began her pioneering career in the '50s as one of Wall Street's first female stock analysts, was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (in 1967), ran one of the first discount brokerages and became New York State's first female superintendent of banks in 1977. In the '90s, Muriel Siebert & Co. became one of the first brokerages to go online.
Along the way, she's worked with financial legends and lived through more than one bear market. She relishes revealing how Wall Street's sausage is made, and draws out the lessons she's learned in the true language of the financial district-colorful, funny and foul. (One keeper: "Don't get into a pissing contest with a skunk.") Siebert is the real deal, and this book is a great way to get to know her."

Singh, David
The Making of Fortune
Singh, David HG5154.3.S56A3 1996.
Fortune Financial Management was listed by the Post as one of Canada’s 50 Best-Managed Companies. See also the effusive column in the Toronto Sun, March 1, 1997 - “A Beacon of Hope for All Immigrants”.

Sloan, Alfred P.
Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors
Farber, David. HD 9710.U52S494 2002
A few months back, we called your attention to this related book: McDonald, John. A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years With General Motors. (HD 9710.U54G47467 2002) Sloan's My Years with General Motors is well known in Business Schools and Bill Gates has argued that it is "probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business." The book was actually 'ghosted' by McDonald who was a writer for Fortune and this memoir reveals why and how General Motors tried for years to keep the book from being published. For additional information see these reviews: "He Wrote the Book: Why Did General Motors Try to Suppress the Memoir of its Own CEO"? by Gregg Easterbrook, in the New York Times Book Review, June 16, 2002; "Did GM Try to Squelch a Classic"? by Hardy Green, Business Week, June 3, 2002 and "Screw the Writer," in Across the Board, May/June 2002. McDonald died in 1999 and his obituary is found in the NYT, on Jan.4, 1999. (All of these resources are available to you electronically. If you cannot retrieve them, let us know and we will get them to you)

A Ghost's Memoir: the Making of Alfred P. Sloan's "My Years with General Motors"
McDonald, John HD9710.U54G47467

Smirnov, Pyotr
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire.
Himelstein, Linda TP591.S64H56 2009

Soros, George
George Soros: An Illustrated Biography of the World's Most Powerful Investor
Kurotani, Kaoru HG 172.S63K87 2006
"George Soros, is one of the most acclaimed and feared figures in the investment world. Famous for his role in breaking the Bank of England, he is also known for his outspoken criticism of distinguished politicians. Soros has earned his respect not only from his investment coups but also for his charitable activities and for encouraging pro-democracy movements around the world. This book explores the life of a man who has an undue influence on world-wide currency markets. His dramatic life story will attract a wide range of readers, even those who are not familiar with the world of investment and finance."

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 341-361

Soros: The Life, Times & Trading Secrets of the World’s Greatest Investor
Slater, Robert HG172.S63S58 1996.

Stern, Joel
Against the Grain: How to Succeed in Business
Stern, Joel M. and Irwin Ross. HG 4028.V3 S828 2003
"In Against the Grain, Joel Stern shares for the first time, not only the story of EVA implementation at many major companies, but the story behind the story-how he started the concept of EVA, found its earliest followers, and later turned the concept into a revolution. Stern shows today's business managers and executives how to affect change at the highest levels of management within any organization.

From the National Business Review (Dec.5):
"Joel Stern's "business memoir" will be a worthwhile read for consultants; it's a gold mine of tips on pitching to corporates and handling their accounts. Stern recounts his travels on five continents "crusading against the shibboleths and distortions of accounting practices) and preaching the gospel of EVA (economic value added) to anyone prepared to listen. Part travelogue, part biography, and part corporate finance treatise, the book is an easy read, although the stories are getting a little dated.
The local angle is chapter six in which he recounts, albeit briefly, his experience from 1993 with Fletcher Challenge. The company "was no EVA success story" because, the 62-year-old Stern recalls, while chairman Sir Ron Trotter was a fan, chief executive Hugh Fletcher was not, preferring Boston Consulting Group's rival CFROI (cash flow return on investment) programme. For someone who has spent a lifetime studying corporate finance and management, Stern is a decidedly colourful character."

From the Financial Times (Nov.13)
"The heresy of a free market missionary - BOOK REVIEW AGAINST THE GRAIN - Joel Stern prompted a small revolution in financial thinking by blending academic rigour with a salesman's zeal writes Jane Fuller. It seems like an easy option to read a business autobiography rather than a self-improving book on the workings of companies or markets."
For other books by Stern, see here. See also, EVA.

Stewart, Martha
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 361-379

Teutel, Paul (Sr.)
The Ride of A Lifetime: Doing Business the Orange County Choppers Way. 
Tuetel Sr., Paul. BUSSTK  HD9710.5.U54O738 2009

Tobias, Andrew
My Vast Fortune.
Andrew Tobias. HC102.5.T63A3
Newsweek described Tobias as “ the funniest of the financial writers” and Forbes said he is one of “the financial community’s most pithily perceptive observers”. In this work, he describes how he has amassed considerable wealth.

Trump, Donald
The America We Deserve
Trump, Doland. E885.T77 2000

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 379-401

Turner,Ted
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 401-425

Ted Turner Speaks: Insight from the World's Greatest Maverick
[compiled by] Janet Lowe. HC102.5.T86A5 1999.
Ted Turner has been labeled a philanthropist and humanist, a fascist and a racist, a madman and one of the canniest entrepreneurs of all times. Hard-driving and hypercompetitive, he has amassed one of the world's largest personal fortunes, only to give much of it away to liberal causes, including $1 billion to the United Nations."

Urwick, Lyndall
Brech, Edward et al. Lyndall Urwick, Management Pioneer: A Biography
HD69.C6B725 2010

Van Horne, William C.

Knowles, Valerie. William C. Van Horne: Railway Titan HE2808.2.V3K59 2010

Vanderbuilt, Cornelius
Stiles, T.J. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt. CT275.V23S85 2009

Waksal, Sam
The Cell Game: Sam Waksal's Fast Money and False Promises - and the Fate of ImClone's Cancer Drug
Prud'homme, Alex. HD9675.A672W35 2004

Walton, Sam
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 425-447

In Sam We Trust : The Untold Story of Sam Walton and How Wal-Mart is Devouring America
Bob Ortega. HF5429.215.U6O78 1998.
Bob Ortega, a Veteran Wall Street Journal reporter who has covered Wal-Mart more extensively than perhaps any other writer, has investigated Wal-Mart and the way it does business. He shows how the company's relentless bottom-line mentality has been both a boon and a bane to workers and their communities.

Slater, Robert
The Wal-Mart Decade: How a New Generation of Leaders Turned Sam Walton's Legacy into the World's #1 Company
HF 5465.U64W357 2003
"Since Sam Walton's death in 1992, Wal-Mart has grown into one of the world's largest and most controversial companies. Slater's latest (after The Eye of the Storm: How John Chambers Steered Cisco Through the Technology Collapse) delivers an insider's look at the retailer's meteoric rise. Wal-Mart's secret to success is well-known: by selling products for less, the firm makes less profit per product, but is able to sell more products and keep inventories low. This strategy brought the company incredible success before Walton's death, but Wal-Mart had yet to hit its real growth spurt. It was doing $43.8 billion in sales in 1992. Just three years later, under CEO David Glass, sales hit $100 billion. Glass "took Wal-Mart out of Middle America and made it into a global brand," explains Slater. He shows how Glass and his colleagues stayed true to Walton's idiosyncratic management style while investing in the technologies and logistics operations that a multibillion-dollar company needs. Slater saves some of the most compelling chapters for the book's end, when he describes how the firm is besieged by legions of bankrupt small-business owners, muckraking journalists and, of course, lawyers. Slater reports Wal-Mart is the most sued entity in the U.S. "I don't know how things happened," says Glass, "but you suddenly become a target rather than everybody's favorite." Thanks to his access to top executives, Slater shows how Wal-Mart survived (by beefing up its PR department) and thrived (grabbing the top spot on the 2002 Fortune 500 list).

Warburg, Siegmund

Ferguson, Niall. High Financier. The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg. HG1552.W37F47 2010

Watson, Thomas
The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr., and the Making of IBM
Maney, Kevin. HD9696.2.U62W386 2003

Weill, Sandy
The Real Deal: My Life in Business and Philanthropy
BUSSTK HG2463.W45W45 2006
"More than an autobiography, CitiGroup CEO and renowned philanthropist Weill delivers an ambitious project that spans more than 50 years of business history and provides real-world advice for investment neophytes and market insiders alike. Weill, a Brooklyn native, started his career in 1960 with a $30,000 loan and a dream, and slowly created an empire; at present, CitiGroup is the largest financial institution in the world, its share price having grown 2,644% since its initial public offering in 1986 (when it was known as Commercial Credit). An inspiring story told with subtlety and candor, Weill's memoir offers something for everyone-from his ten golden rules of leadership to a first-hand explication of the 1990s bull-bear battles on Wall Street, and a candid interview with his wife Joan (complete with her advice for the "Corporate Spouse"). At times emotional and self-congratulatory, this book's purpose is always clear-to celebrate and enshrine Weill's successes. Nonetheless, it also includes salient criticism, and some painful explication of his mistakes along the way. Like the man himself, this book tells it like it is, and has little to hide." [from Publishers Weekly]

Weisel, Thomas W.
Capital Instincts: Life as an Entrepreneur, Financier and Athlete
Brandt, Richard L. HG172.W38B73 2003

Welch, Jack
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 447-469

The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership
Krames, Jeffrey A. HD57.7.K726 2001
"Over 250 terms, concepts, strategies and initiatives of the legendary leader"-

Jack : Straight From the Gut
Welch, Jack (John Francis) HD9697.A3U585 2001

Weyerhaeuser, F. K.
F.K. Weyerhaeuser : A Biography
Charles E. Twining. HD9760.W487T94 1997.
Frederick King Weyerhaeuser, eldest male of the Weyerhaeuser lumbering family's third generation, may not have matched his grandfather Frederick in fame or power, but among the progeny none was more widely known and respected - and, within the family, loved - than he was. How his talents and dedication helped make the Weyerhaeuser name synonymous with the lumbering industry and the clan one of the closest knit in the country is the focus of this book."--BOOK JACKET.

Wilson, Joe
Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox
Ellis, Charles HD 9802.3.U64X474 2006
From Publishers Weekly
"Transforming family-owned Haloid Corp., which struggled in the shadow of hometown behemoth Eastman Kodak, into the globally recognized Xerox is an amazing accomplishment. But as Ellis's biography of Joe Wilson attests, Wilson's achievements ranged more widely and went much deeper than many gave him credit for. Ellis, author of 11 books and former financial industry consultant offers a heartfelt, if not artful, telling of the CEO's life story. He contends that Wilson embodied all of the qualities that leadership management books celebrate: integrity, foresight and the ability to inspire people to perform. He credits these attributes to helping Wilson so spectacularly realize his vision for his company; its employees; his alma mater, the University of Rochester; and the city and people of Rochester, N.Y. Ellis's telling starts off slow and is initially quite repetitive. But once Xerox is finally born, after years of setbacks, the story picks up. The real purpose for the detailed buildup appears toward the end, when credit for the last 20-odd years of corporate strife and ultimate success is given to the wrong person, Wilson's best friend and the company's corporate counsel. At that point, it becomes clear why Ellis was compelled to write this book so long after the company's rise and its true founder's demise."

Winfrey, Oprah
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 469-485

Wolfensohn, James. D.
A Global Life. HG2463.W65A3 2010

Wunderman, Lester
Being Direct : Making Advertising Pay
Wunderman, Lester. HF5910.W86A3 1996.

Wyly, Sam

1,000 Dollars and an Idea : Entrepreneur to Billionaire
BUSSTK HC102.5.W95W95 2008
“Country boy makes good in this down-home tale of self-made multimillionaire Wyly. In his humble post-Depression Louisiana roots, Wyly learned his first business lessons from football strategy, his father's tiny newspaper business and his mother's bargaining skills. A lucky meeting propelled him to the University of Michigan's Business School and his first corporate job at IBM, where he had to work fast to keep from succumbing to culture shock as he discovered there ain't no Bubbas in Michigan. Energetic and restless, he soon left IBM for Honeywell and then created his own technology companies, rescuing failing businesses, founding Green Mountain Energy and devoting himself to environmentalism. Citing Sam Walton as a hero and Ross Perot as a personal friend, Wyly stresses the power and privilege of self-creation and speaks honestly about what he's learned: that failure is crucial to achieving success, independent thought is imperative, luck serendipitous and power useless unless it is wielded for good. Though the message is a good one, the meandering storytelling and not well-known author might make this book a hard sell to a trade audience.”

Yerkes, Charles Tyson
Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes
French, John. BUSSTK HG172.Y47F73 2006

Yunus, Muhammad
Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 2 p. 485-505

Zimmerman, Adam
Who’s in Charge Here Anyway? :Rreflections from a Life in Business
Zimmerman, Adam H. HD9764.C22Z55 1997.

COLLECTIVE WORKS

Often biographical profiles come in the form of essays buried in collective works. Below we provide a list of such books. In some cases we have indicated who is profiled in the work and in others you may be able to see which biographical profiles are provided by clicking on the link.

In 2003 Wahib Nasrallah published a very useful book: United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built: An Index to Biographies in Collective Works. The book identifies over 1700 biographies from 120 collective works and matches the biographical sketch to the book. We used that book to help gather this list. If you are trying to determine if a business person has been profiled in a collection, consult Nasrallah's book where an alphabetical list of biographical subjects is provided.

Against All Odds: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Followed THeir Hearts and Found Success
Harris, Wendy Beech (HC29.H37 2001)

Airline Executives and Federal Regulation: Case Studies in American Enterprise from the Airmail Era to the Dawn of the Jet Age
Lewis, David W., Ed. (HE9803.A3A365 2000)

The Alexander Complex; The Dreams that Drive the Great Businessmen
Meyer, Michael (HC102.5.A2M48 1989)

America's Fifty Foremost Business Leaders
Forbes, B.C., Ed. (HC102.5.A2F6)

American Business Leaders : From Colonial Times to the Present
Hamilton, Neil A. (HC102.5.A2H36 1999)

American Dynasties Today
By the editors of the Wall Street Journal (HC102.5.A2A62)

American Entrepreneurs" The Fascinating Stories of the People Who Defined Business in the United States" (HB615.S377 2010)
Schweikart, Larry and Lynne Pierson Doti

American Made: Men Who Shaped the American Economy
Livesay, Harold C. (HC102.5.A2L58)

Architects of the Web: 1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business
Reid, Robert (HD9696.C3U5644 1997)
Includes portraits of : Marc Andreesen; Rob Glaser; Kim Polese, Mark Pesce, Ariel Poler, Andrew
Anker and Halsey Minor. Both this work and the one by Auletta below are reviewed in The Economist, Sept. 6, 1997.

Barons of the Sky: From Early Flight to Strategic Warfare: The Story of the American Aerospace Industry
Biddle, Wayne. BUSSTK HD9711.5.U6B54 2001
Glenn Martin of Martin Marietta, Donald Douglas of McDonnell Douglas, Jack Northrop of Northrop, and Allan and Malcolm Loughead of Lockheed.

The Big Fix: Inside the S&L Scandal: How an Unholy Alliance of Politics and Money Destroyed America's Banking System
Adams, James Ring (HG2151.A35 1990)

The Big Four; The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkings, and Crocker, and of teh Building of the Central Pacific
Lewis, Oscar (F860.L4)

Big Six: The Selling Out of America's Top Accounting Firms
Stevens, Mark (HF5616.U5S754 1991)

Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders
John N. Ingham (REF HC102.5.A2I53: 4 Vols.)

Black Enterprise Titans of the B.E. 100s: Black CEOs Who Redefined and Conquered American Business
Dingle, Derek T. (INTERNET)

Black Entrepreneurs in America: Stories of Struggle and Success
Woodard, Michael D. (HD62.7.W66 1997)

Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust From Wedgwood to Dell
Koehn, Nancy F. (HB615.K64 2001)

Breakthroughs!
Nayak, P. Ranganath, and John M. Ketteringham (HF5415.153.N38 1986)

Bulls, Bears, and Millionaires: War Stories of Trading Life
Koppel, Robert (HG4621.K66 1997)

Business Gurus: The WOrld's Top Business Thinkers in One Book
ed. Ian Wallis (HD57.7.B87 2012)

• Chris Anderson, Igor Ansoff, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Ken Blanchard, Edward de Bono, Warren Buffet, Dale Carnegie, Robert Cialdini, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Tim Ferriss, Michael Goerge, Michael Gerber, Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin, Charles Handy, Frederick Herzberg, Napoleon Hill, Guy Kawasaki, Richard Koch, Hohn Kotter, Tom Peters, Michael Porter, Ricardo Semler, Peter Senge, James Suroweicki, Sun-Tzu

Business Leader Profiles for Students
Dow, Sheila M., Ed. (REF HC29.B87 1999)

• Adams Scott, Allen Paul, Amelio Gil, Amos Wally, Andersen Arthur, Andreesen Marc, Aoki Hiroaki, Appleton Steven, Arakawa Minoru, Arden Elizabeth,Arison Ted, Armani Giorgio, Ash Mary Kay, Babbage Charles, Ballmer Steve, Barad Jill, Barnum P. T., Bauer Eddie, Bausch John  Jacob, Bean L. L., BeckScott, Bell Alexander Graham, Berman LyleBerresford Susan VailBezos JeffBiddle NicholasBinney EdwinBlack Cathleen PruntyBoeing William Edward, Branson Richard,  Brown, Christina,  Brown Helen Gurley, Bryant William Cullen, Buffett Warren, Burnham Daniel,  Hudson Busch Adolphus, Bushnell Nolan, Callaway Ely, Jr.Carnegie Andrew, Carnegie Hattie, Case Steve, Chao Stephen, Cinader Arthur, Claiborne Liz, Clark Jim, Clemente Lilia C,. Cohen Bennett, R.Sanders Colonel, Cook Scott, Cooney Joan Ganz, Cosby Camille, Cowell Casey G.,Craig Jenny,  Cunningham Mary, Davidson Arthur,  de Passe Suzanne,Deere John,Dell Michael, DeLuca Fred, DeMille Cecil B.,DeVos Richard, Disney Walt, Douglas Donald,Dow Charles, du Pont Éleuthère Irénée, Earl Robert, Eastman George, Eaton Robert J., Edison Thomas, Eisner Michael,Enrico Roger,Esrey William, Field Marshall,Fields Debbi, Fireman Paul, Firestone Harvey S., Fisher Donald,Fonda Jane,Forbes Malcolm,Ford Eileen,Ford Henry,Franklin Benjamin,Freston Tom,Fuller Alfred, Galán Nely, Gallup George, Gamble James, Gates Bill, Geddes Anne, Geffen David, Gerstner Louis V., Jr.Getty Jean, Goizueta Roberto, Gold Christina, Gordon Ellen,Gordy Berry, Jr.Gorman Leon, Gould Jay, Graham Katherine, Graves Earl G., Greenfield Jerry, Grove Andrew S., Guggenheim Daniel, Hall J.C., Halpin James, Hancock John, Handler Ruth, Harley William, Hearst William Randolph, Heinz John, Helmsley Leona, Hendricks John, Hershey Milton, Hilfiger Tommy, Hilton William, Hires Charles Elmer, Hollerith Herman, Howard Ron, Hughes Howard, Huizenga H. Wayne, Iacocca Lido,  Anthony Ibuka, MasaruIlitch Michael, Jobs Steve, Johnson John H., Rice Linda, Johnson Johnson Robert ,Jones Quincy, Jordan Michael, Karan Donna, Kellogg Will,  Keith Kelly,  William Russel, lKlein Calvin, Knight Philip, Knopf Blanche, Kroc Raymond, Land Edwin, Lauder Estee, Lauren Ralph, Laybourne Geraldine, Webber Andrew Lloyd, Lucas George, Luce Henry, Marcus Stanley, Marriott J. Willard, Mayer Oscar, McCormick Cyrus, McDonald Mac & McDonald Dick, McNealy Scott, Mellon Andrew, Merrill Charles, Metcalfe Jane, Monaghan Thomas, Morgan J.P., Morita Akio, Morse Samuel, Morton Peter, Mow William, Murdoch Rupert, Nast Condé, Near James, Nidetch Jean, Nordstrom John W., Ostin Mo, Otis Elisha Graves, Ovitz Michael, Packard David, Penske Roger, Perelman Ronald Owen, Perlman  Steve,  Perot Ross, Pfeiffer Eckhard, Pfeiffer Jane,  Cahill Pickens T. Boone, Pittman, Bob, Power J.D., Proctor Barbara Gardner, Procter William Cooper,  Puck Wolfgang, Pulitzer Joseph, Redstone Sumner M., Reinsdorf Jerry Michael, Reynolds R.J., Jr., Rhone Sylvia, Ridder Tony , Rockefeller John D., Roddick Anita  Lucia,  Rubinstein Helena, Rudkin Margaret, Sarnoff David, Schiff Dorothy, Schultz Howard, Schulze Richard, Schwab Charles, Schwarz  Frederick,  August Otto, Sears Richard, Simon Melvin, Singer Isaac , Merrit Slater Samuel, Sloan Alfred, Jr., Smith C. Harold, Smith  Frederick, Smith Jack, Solomon Russell M., Spielberg Steven, Stanford Leland, Stemberg Thomas, Stevens John, Stewart Martha , Thomas Dave, Tompkins Susie, Trump Donald John, Tupper Earl Silas, Turner Ted, Tyson Donald John, Van Andel Jay, Vanderbilt Cornelius, Vanderbilt Gloria, Vernon Lillian , Versace Gianni,Wachner Linda, Waitt Ted, Walgreen Charles, Wallace DeWitt, Wallace Lila, Walton Sam, Wang AnWang Charles B., Wang Vera, Ward Aaron Montgomery, Warhol Andy, Warner Jack, Warner Sam, Watson Thomas J., Welch Jack, Werner Helmut, Wexner Leslie, Whitney Eli, Wilson Charles Kemmons, Winfrey Oprah, Wolfe Kenneth, Woolworth F. W., Wozniak Stephen Gary, Wright Frank Lloyd, Wright Orville & Wright, Wilbur, Wrigley William, Jr.Wurtzel Samuel & Wurtzel Alan  L, .Zanuck Darryl

CEO; Corporate Leadership in Action
Levinson, Harry, and Stuart Rosenthal (HC102.5.A2L48 1984)

The Chief Executive Officers: Men Who Run Big Business in America
Shook, Robert L. (HF5500.3.U54S548 1981)

Corporate Bloodlines: The Future of the Family Firm
Buchholz, Barbara B., and Margaret Crane (HD62.25.B83 1989)

Dangerous Dreamers: The Financial Innovators From Charles Merrill to Michael Milken
Sobel, Robert (HG4621.S65 1993)

The Dynamos: Who Are They Anyway?
Kingstone, Brett (HC102.5.A2K56 1987)

EcoBarons: The Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet.  
(Tompkins, Douglas | Galvin, Peter. | Suckling, Kieran. | Siegel, Kassie. | Cummings, Brendan R. | Quimby, Roxanne. |  Frank, Andrew A. (Andrew Alfonso) |  Tamminen, Terry. |  Schwarzenegger, Arnold. |  Allen, Carole H. | Turner, Ted. )
Humes, Edward  (BUSSTK  GE195.H857 2009)

The End of Fashion: The Mass Marketing fo the Clothing Business
Agins, Teri (HD9940.A2A35 1999)

Enterprising Minnesotans: 150 Years of Business Pioneers
Stephen George (HC 102.5.A2G46 2003)

• Includes profiles of James Madison Goodhue (Minnesota Pioneer); Jane Grey Swisshelm (St. Cloud Democrat); John Quincy Adams (Appeal); Alexander Wilkin (St. Paul Mutual Insurance Company); Alexander Hartman (Duluth Electric Company); Frederick Weyerhaeuser (Weyerhaeuser Company); Cadwallader Washburn (Washburn-Crosby Company); Charles Pillsbury (C.A. Pillsbury and Company); Frank Peavey (Peavey Elevator Company); Will Cargill and John MacMillan (W.W. Cargill Company); William Worral Mayo, William May, and Charles Mayo (Mayo Clinic); Harvey Fuller (H.B. Fuller Company); James J. Hill (Great Northern Railway); Leonidas Merritt (Mountain Iron Company); Richard Hankinson (Northwestern Telephone); Theodore Hamm (Theodore Hamm Brewing Company); Hans Andersen (Andersen Windows); Sister Antonia McHugh (College of St. Catherine); William McKnight (3M - Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company); Charles Beckman (Red Wing Shoe Company); Henry Marison Byllesby (Northern States Power); Georgre Draper Dayton (Dayton's Department Store); Merritt Osborn (Economics Laboratory); John Brandt (Land o' Lakes); Jacob Aall Otteson Preus and Herman Ekern (Lutheran Brotherhood); Carl Wickman (Greyhound Bus Company); Colonel Lewis Brittin (Northwest Airways, Inc.); Curt Carlson (Carlson Companies, Inc.); Sister Elizabeth Kenny (Sister Kenny Institute); William Norris (Control Data Corporation); Earl Bakken (Medtronic); Jeno Paulucci (Chun King); Rose Totino (Totino's ); Marvin Schwan (Schwan's); Joel Ronning (Digital River, Inc.); Richard Schulze (Best Buy Company, Inc.); Leeann Chin (Leeann Chin, Inc.); Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis (Flyte Tyme Records); and Glen Taylor (Taylor Corporation).

The Entrepreneur
Kao, John J. (HD70.U5K37 1991)

Entrepreneur Magazine : Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs
Anthony and Diane Hallett (REF HC102.5.A2H35 1997)

Entrepreneurial Megabucks: The 100 Greatest Entrepreneurs of the Last 25 Years
Silver, A. David (HC102.5.A2S54 1985)

Entrepreneurs
Krista McLuskey. (HD6054.3.M45 1999)
Chronicles the fascinating lives and groundbreaking achievements of women in business, including fashion designer Coco Chanel, film studio head Mary Pickford, and Body Shop founder Anita Roddick.

The Entrepreneurs: An American Adventure
Sobel, Robert (HC103.S683 1986)

The Entrepreneurs: Explorations Within the American Business Tradition
Sobel, Robert (HC102.5.A2S56)

Entrepreneurs in High Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond
Roberts, Edward B. (HC108.B65R62 1991)

The Entrepreneurs: Twelve Who Took Risks and Succeeded
Shook, Robert L. (HC102.5.A2S5 1981)

Exceptional Entrepreneurial Women
Taylor, Russel R. (HD6072.6.U5T39 1988)

The Executive Breakthrough; 21 Roads to the Top
Uris, Auren (HF5386.U75)

Experience Inc.; Men and Women Who Founded Famous Companies After the Age of 40
Fucini, Joseph J. (HC29.F834 1987)

Family Pride; Profiles of Five of America's Best-Run Family Businesses
Goldwasser, Thomas. (HD62.25.G64 1986)

A Few Good Women: Breaking the Barriers to Top Management
White, Jane. (HD6054.4.U6W46 1992)

Fifty Key Figures in Management
Witzel, Morgen. (HD 31.W585 2003)
Contents:
1. Chris Argyris (1923 - ) 2. Richard Arkwright (1732-92) 3. Charles Babbage (1792-1871) 4. Tomas Bat'a (1876-1932) 5. Max Boisot (1943-) 6. James Burnham (1905-87) 7. Edward Cadbury (1873-1948) 8. Herbert N. Casson (1869-1951) 9. Alfred D. Chandler (1918-) 10. Arie de Geus (1930-) 11. W. Edwards Deming (1900-93) 12. Peter Drucker (1909-) 13. Pierre du Pont (1870-1954) 14. Harrington Emerson (1853-1931) 15. Henri Fayol (1841-1925) 16. Mary Parker Follett (1868 - 1933) 17. Henry Ford (1863-1947) 18. Jay Wright Forrester (1918-) 19. Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) 20. Bill Gates (1955-) 21. Edwin Gay (1867-1946) 22. Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972) 23. Andrew Grove (1936-) 24. Charles Handy (1932-) 25. Henry J. Heinz (1844-1919) 26. Geert Hofstede (1928-) 27. Ibuka Masaru (1908-1997) 28. Philip Kotler (1931-) 29. Laozi (Lao Tzu) (6th century BC) 30. William Lever (1851-1925) 31. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) 32. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) 33. Matsushita Konosuke (1884-1989) 34. Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) 35. Cosimo dei Medici (1389-1464) 36. Henry Mintzberg (1939-) 37. James D. Mooney (1884-1957) 38. Gareth Morgan (1943-) 39. J.P.Morgan (1837-1913) 40. Nonaka Ikujiro (1935-) 41. Ohmae Kenichi (1943-) 42. Robert Owen (1771-1858) 43. Tom Peters (1942-) 44. Michael Porter (1947-) 45. Herbert Simon (1916-2001) 46. Sunzi (Sun Tzu) (c. 4th century BC) 47. Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) 48. Toyoda Kiichiro (1894-1952) 49. Lyndall Fownes Urwick (1891-1983) 50. Jack Welch (1935-)

The 50 Great Pioneers of American Industry; The Stories of Rockefeller, Swift, Edison, Woolworth, Squibb, Procter, Sears, Otis, Singer, Carrier, and 40 Other Business Leaders and Courageous Innovators Whose Activities Founded Major Industries and Shaped Today's Economy
By the Editors of News Front and Year (HC102.5.A2N43)

Forbes' Great Minds of Business
Morgenson, Gretchen, Ed. (HC102.5.A2F615 1997)

Forbes' Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from Defeat
Farnham, Alan (HC 102.5.A2F37 2000)
Includes profiles of Aaron Feuerstein (CEO and Owner of Malden Mills); Tom Monaghan (Founder of Domino's Pizza); Larry Ellison (Founder and CEO of Oracle); Ruth Handler (Cofounder of Mattel Toys); Ron Popeil (Founder of Ronco); Emma Chappell (Founder of the United Bank of Philadelphia); Donald Trump (Chairman of the Trump Organization); Don King (Founder of Don King Productions); Bruton Smith (Cofounder of the Charlotte Motor Speedway); Earl Stafford (Founder of Universal Systems & Technology (UNITECH) a leader in Net-Based Training Systems); Jim Stovall (Cocreator of the Narrative Television Network); and Kevin Maxwell (Founder of Telemonde and Former CEO of Maxwell Communications).

Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time
Gross, Daniel, and the Editors fo Forbes Magazine (HF5386.G779 1996)

The Fortune Builders
Darby, Edwin (HG184.C4D37 1986)

Franchising: The Business Strategy that Changed the World
Shook, Carrie, and Robert L. Shook (HF5429.235.U5S56 1993)

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires they Built
Tedlow, Richard. (HC102.5.A2T43 2003)
George Eastman and his invention of the Kodak Camera; Thomas Watson of IBM; Henry Ford and his automobile; Charles Revson and his use of television advertising to drive massive sales for Revlon; Robert N. Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit and founder of Intel; Andrew Carnegie and his steel empire; Sam Walton and his unprecedented retail machine, Wal-Mart.

The Golden book of Management; a Historical Record of the Life and Work of Seventy Pioneers
Edited for the International Comittee of Scientific Management (CIOS) (HD31.U73 1963)

Good Guys and Bad Guys : Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business
Nocera, Joseph  (HC102.5.A2N63 2008 )
“A fascinating collection of profiles by one of America’s leading business journalists.
For three decades, in major publications such as Texas Monthly, Esquire, Fortune, and now The New York Times, Joe Nocera has reported on the people who dominate the business world, for better or worse. Everyone from Warren Buffett to T. Boone Pickens to George Steinbrenner to Ken Lay has fallen under his microscope.
Now, in this collection of his best work, he explores how we define good guys and bad guys in business and concludes that things are often not what they seem.
It turns out that there are surprisingly good qualities in classic villains like junk bond king Michael Milken and notorious stock analyst Henry Blodget. And some business celebrities who are widely admired, such as Steve Jobs, are not quite the good guys they appear to be on the surface.
Good Guys and Bad Guys also offers a fresh perspective on some of today’s biggest controversies, such as global warming, Apple’s iPhone, CEO compensation, the tobacco industry, short sellers, and much more.”

Great American Brands: The Success Formulas That Made Them Famous
Cleary, David Powers (HF5415.1.C56)

Great Stories of American Businessmen
From American Heritage, The Magazine of History (HC102.5.A2G7)

Grit, Guts and Genius: True Tales of Megasuccess: Who Made Them Happen and How They Did It
Hillkirk, John, and Gary Jackobson (HF5386.H614 1990)

Guide To The Management Gurus : Shortcuts To The Ideas Of Leading Management Thinkers
Carol Kennedy (HD30.5.K45 1991)

The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas Of The Top Management Thinkers
Boyett, Joseph H. (HD31.B7193 1998)

The Hidden Establishment : The Inside Story of Canada's International Business Elite
Brian Milner HC115.M53 1991)
Includes profiles of James Ting (International Semi-Tech Microelectronics), Alex Chan (Polygrand Developments), Werner Otto (Otto Versand, Park Property Management, Sagitta Development and Management), Peter Bloemen (Trucena Investments), the Brenninkmeyers (Brettons, Irene Hill, Clark Shoes, Comark Services), Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor (Grosvenor International Holdings), Hans Abromeit (Lehndorff Canadian Properties), Willen Bijl (Kanata Hotels), Peter Cavelti (Cavelti Capital Management), Hendrik Hooft (Woodmount Head Management), Boris Birshtein (Seabeco Group), Timur Leckebusch (Normbau 2000), David Ho (Gray Beverage Company), Gerhard von Finck (Lowenbrau Brewery).>

The Highwaymen : Warriors of the Information Superhighway
Auletta, Ken. (HC102.5.A2A95 1997)
Has sketches of , among others, Edgar Bronfman jr.; John Malone and Herbert Allen.

How I Made It: 40 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Made Millions.

Lizzie Vann of Organix brands | Darren Richards of Direct Dating.com | Maria Kempinska of Jongleurs | Mark Mills of Cardpoint | Penny Streeter of Ambition 24hours | Derek Beevor of Road Tech Computer Systems | Rosemary Conley of the Hip and Thigh Diet | Raymond Gubbay of Raymond Gubbay Ltd. | Trisha Mason of VEF | John Mudd of The Real Crisps Company  | Mark Roy of Read Group | Mandy Haberman of the Anywayup Cup | Ted Smart of The Book People | Mike Clare of Dreams | Stephanie Manuel of Stagecoach Theatre Arts | Harry Cragoe of PJ Smoothies | Rory Byrne of Powder Byrne | Jane Packer of Jane Packer Flowers | Chris Gorman of DX Communications | Mark Ellingham of Rough Guides | Sarah Doukas of Storm | Tim Roupell of Daily Bread | Mark Wilkinson of Mark Wilkinson Furniture | Prue Leith of Leith's | Christopher Wray of Christopher Wray Lighting | Heather Gilchrist of Happitots | Richard Beggs of Moving Venue Group | Duncan Bannatyne of The Bannatyne Group | Angela Wright of Crealy Adventure Park | Daniel Mitchell of The SOurce | Emma Bridgewater of Brigdewater Pottery | Gerry Pack Holiday Extras | Zahid Kasim of Cafe Lazeez | Sharon Hilditch of Crystal Clear | Rik Hellewell of Ovenu | Jill Barker of Green Baby | Matt Stevenson of Reef One | Sally Wilton of Etc Venues | Charlie Bigham of Bighams | Philip Hughes of The Ice Box
Bridge, Rachel. (BUSSTK HB615.B7475 2009)

How They Achieved : Stories of Personal Achievement and Business Success
Watson, Lucinda, (HC102.5.A2W37 2001)

I Know That Name : The People Behind Canada's Best-Known Brand Names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller
(HC112.5.A2K43 2002)

• James Aikenhead (Aikenhead’s Hardware)
  • Peter Lymburner Robertson (Robertson screwdriver)
• Aris Alexanian (Alexanian Carpet and Flooring)
• Elizabeth Arden (Elizabeth Arden Inc.)
• William G. Ballard (Dr. Ballard’s Animal Food Products Limited)
• Thomas Bata (The Bata Shoe Organization)
• Bruce Becker (Becker’s)
• Alexander Graham and Alexander Melville Bell (Bell Canada)
• Walter and Jeanny Bick (Bick’s Pickles)
• Henry Birks (Henry Birks & Sons)
• Eddie Black (Black Photo Corporation)
• Mark Blumes (Mark’s Work Wearhouse)
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier (Bombardier Inc.)
• Benjamin and Charlotte Bowring (Bowring Canada)
• Jim Brickman (Brick Brewing Co. Ltd.)
• William Buckley (W.K. Buckley Ltd.)
• Carlo Catelli (Catelli’s)
• Jack and Carl Cole (Coles The Book People)
• Samuel Cunard (Cunard Line Ltd.)
• Charles Doerr (Dare Foods)
  • William Mellis Christie (Christie, Brown & Company)
• Herbert Henry Dow (Dow Chemical Company)
• William Dow (Dow Brewery Limited)
• Sam Dvorchak (Dickie Dee Ice Cream)
• Timothy Eaton (Eaton’s)
• Ezra Butler Eddy (Eddy Match Company / E.B. Eddy Ltd.)
• Jack Fraser (Jack Fraser Stores Limited)
  • James Beatty Grafton (Grafton & Co.)
• Charles Edward Frosst (Charles E. Frosst and Co.)
• Alfred C. Fuller (Fuller Brush Company)
• Gilbert and James Ganong (Ganong Brothers Limited)
• Louis Garneau (Louis Garneau Sports Inc.)
• Pasquale Gattuso (Gattuso Food Corporation)
• Ben Ginter (Uncle Ben’s Brewery / Mike’s Hard Lemonade)
• William Gooderham and James Worts (Gooderham and Worts Distillery)
  • Henry Corby (Corby’s Distilleries Ltd.)
• Peter Goudas (Goudas Food Products and Investments Ltd.)
• James Grand and Samuel Toy (Grand & Toy)
• Harvey -------? (Harvey’s / Kelsey’s)
• Kenneth Harvey and James Woods (Harvey Woods Ltd.)
• Theodor Heintzman (Heintzman Pianos)
• Irene Hill (Irene Hill Women’s Wear)
• Roy Hill (Hilroy Envelopes and Stationery Ltd.)
• John Holt and G.R. Renfrew (Holt Renfrew)
• Tim Horton (Tim Hortons Donuts / Robin’s Donuts)
• John Inglis (John Inglis and Sons)
• Kenneth Colin Irving (Irving Group of Companies)
• Samuel and Beatrice Irwin (Irwin Toy Limited)
• Allan Jackson and Donald Triggs (Jackson-Triggs Vintners)
• Alexander Keith (Alexander Keith Brewery)
• Vickie Kerr (Miss Vickie’s Potato Chips)
• James Lewis Kraft (Kraft Foods)
• John Kinder Labatt (John Labatt Ltd.)
  • Thomas Carling (Carling Brewery)
• Robert Laidlaw (Laidlaw Inc.)
• Ablan Leon (Leon’s Furniture)
• A. E. LePage (Royal LePage Real Estate Ltd.)
• William Nelson LePage (LePage Glue)
• Theodore Pringle Loblaw (Loblaws Companies Ltd.)
• Moses Loeb (M. Loeb Ltd.)
• Jack Long and Jack McQuade (Long & McQuade)
• William C. Macdonald (Macdonald Tobacco Co.)
• John B. Maclean (Maclean’s Magazine / Maclean-Hunter)
• Roland Macleod (Macleods True Value)
• Harvey Reginald MacMilland (MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.)
• Daniel Massey (Massey-Harris Company Ltd. / Massey-Ferguson Ltd.)
• Andrew, Harrison, and Wallace McCain (McCain Foods)
• John McClelland and George Stewart (McClelland & Stewart Ltd.)
  • Albert E. Silverwood (Silverwood Dairies Ltd.)
• Kenneth and Carl McGowen (Mac’s Convenience Stores)
• John McIntosh (McIntosh Apple)
• William Church Moir (Moir Chocolates)
• John Molson (Molson’s Brewery)
  • Eugene O’Keefe (O’Keefe Brewery)
• Dave Moore (Moores Clothing for Men)
• Samuel Moore (Moore Corporation)
• Henry Morgan (Henry Morgan and Company)
• William Neilson (William Neilson Ltd.)
  • Marie Warman (Sweet Marie chocolate bar)
• Alexander Ogilview (Ogilview Flour Mills Ltd.)
• Susannah Oland (Oland Breweries Limited)
• Jim Pattison (The Jim Pattison Group)
• Yves Potvin (Yves Veggie Cuisine)
• Richard Corman Purdy (Purdy’s Chocolates)
• John Redpath (Redpath Sugars)
• Herman and Sarah Reitman (Reitmans Canada Limited)
• George Richards (George Richards Big and Tall Menswear)
• Edward S. Rogers (Rogers Communications Inc.)
• Harry Rosen (Harry Rosen Inc.)
• Jacob Schick (Schick Dry Shaver Inc.)
• J.M. Schneider (Schneider Foods)
  • Bruce Druxerman (Druxy’s)
• Joseph E. Seagram (Seagram’s Spirits & Wine)
• Francis Rundell Seaman (Seaman’s Beverages)
• Laura Secord (Laura Secord Chocolates)
• Robert Simpson (Simpson’s Department Stores)
• John H. Sleeman (Sleeman’s Brewery)
• Don and David Ellis Smith (Ellis-Don Construction Ltd.)
  • Rolland Dansereau and Napoleon Piotte (RONA Warehouse)
• Ernest D’Israeli Smith (E.D. Smith & Sons Ltd.)
• James Smith (Smith Brothers)
• Sam Sniderman (Sam the Record Man)
• John William Sobey (Sobeys)
  • Mac Voisin/Mark Nowak (M&M Meat Shops)
• Charles Edward Stanfield (Stanfield’s Limited)
• Samuel, Edward, and George Stedman (Stedmans)
• Ida Steinberg (Steinberg Inc.)
• Michael and Sophie Strub (Strub’s Pickles)
• Gordon Tamblyn (G. Tamblyn Ltd.)
• Alex Tilley (Tilley Endurables)
• Basil Tippet (Tippet-Richardson Limited)
  • M.J. Campbell (AMJ Campbell Van Lines)
• Herb Title (Herbie’s Drug Warehouse)
  • Karim Hakim (Hakim Optical)
• Rose-Anna and Arcade Vachon (Vachon Cakes)
• Hiram Walker (Hiram Walker & Sons Limited)
• Jack Warner (Warne Brothers)
  • Louis B. Mayer (MGM)
• Joe and Ben Weider (Weider Health and Fitness)
• George Weston (George Weston Ltd.)
• Wilbert C. Wood (W. C. Wood Company)
• Charles Woodward (Woodward’s Ltd.)
• Walter P. Zeller (Zellers)

Icons of Business: An Encyclopedia of Mavericks, Movers and Shakers
Drexler, Kateri (HC102.5.A2D47 Vol. 1-2)
Vol 1 contains profiles of: Jeff Bezos; Richard Branson; Warren Buffett; Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield; Michael Dell; Carly Fiorina; Bill Gates; Alan Greenspan; Andrew Grove; Carlos Gutierrez; Lee Iacocca

Vol 2 contains profiles of: Herb Kelleher; Phil Knight; Anita Roddick; Howard Schultz; George Soros; Martha Stewart; Donald Trump; Ted Turner; Sam Walton; Jack Welch; Oprah Winfrey; Muhammad Yunus

The IEBM Handbook Of Management Thinking
edited by Malcolm Warner (REF HD38.15.I33 1998)

In the Blood : Battles to Succeed in Canada's Family Businesses
Pitts, Gordon. (HD62.25.P57 2000)

In The Company of Giants: Candid Conversations With the Visionaries of the Digital World
Jager, Rama Dev, and Rafael Ortiz (HD9696.C63U51865 1997)

In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Anthony J.Mayo & Nitin Nohria. (BUSSTK HD38.25.V6.M32 2005)
Great business leaders possess more than celebrated traits like charisma and an appetite for risk. They have "contextual intelligence"--a profound ability to understand the Zeitgeist of their times and harness it to create successful organizations. Based on a comprehensive Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative study, Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria present a fascinating collection of stories of the 20th century's greatest leaders, from unsung heroes to legends like Sam Walton and Bill Gates. The book identifies three distinct paths these individuals followed to greatness: entrepreneurial innovation, savvy management, and transformational leadership. Through engaging stories of leaders in each category, the authors show how, by "reading" the context they operated in and embracing the opportunities their times presented, these individuals created, grew, or revitalized outstanding American enterprises. A canon of leadership success from the last century, In Their Time reveals insights for contemporary leaders hoping to build lasting legacies.

The Innovators: The Essential Guide to Business Thinkers, Achievers and Entrepreneurs
Davis, William (HC29.D385 1987)

The Internet Entrepreneurs: Business Rules are Good: Break Them
Price, Christopher (HD30.37.P74 2000)

Kings of Convergence: The Fight for Control of Canada’s Media
Gordon Pitts (DBWSTK P92.5.A1P58)
Includes profiles of five of the most powerful figures in the Canadian media: Pierre Karl Peladeau; Jean Monty, Izzy Asper, Ted Rogers and J.R. Shaw.

Leaders
Abramson, Mark and Bacon, Kevin Eds. (HD 57.7.L3927 2001)
"Leaders provides six in-depth studies of leaders who demonstrate a new style of leadership for the 21st century. W. Henry Lambright describes how Dr. Francis Collins is leading the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health. Norma Riccucci presents a case study of how Dr. Helene Gayle led the nation's fight against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Beryl Radin analyzes the leadership style of Donna Shalala at the Department of Health and Human Services. Robert B.Denhardt and Janet Vinzant Denhardt present case studies of three local government leaders who are redefining the job of the local government executives. Paul A. Teske and Mark Schneider describe how principals are changing the New York City school system. Mark Huddleston presents his conversations with the federal government's leading senior civil servants. From these case studies,Mark A. Abramson and Kevin M. Bacon describe how 21st century leaders differ from their predecessors and what organizations can do today to develop future 21st century leaders."

Lessons of Leadership: 21 Executives Speak Out on Creating, Developing and Managing Success
By the Editors of Nation's Business (HF5500.2.L37)

The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World.
Kiechel III, Walter. (HD30.28.K496 2010)

Bruce Henderson, founder of Boston Consulting Group |  Bill Bain, creator of Bain & Company  |  Fred Gluck, longtime Managing Director of McKinsey & Company  | Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor

Management Gurus : What Makes Them and How to Become One
Huczynski, Andrzej (HD31.H755 1996)

Management Innovators : The People and Ideas That Have Shaped Modern Business
Daniel A. Wren, Ronald G. Greenwood. (HC102.5.A2W73 1998)
Here is a who's who of Business, Thirty-One Profiles of Inventors, Financiers, Organizers, Motivators, and gurus - a vivid, informative look at the history of management as seen through the lives of its most influential figures."--BOOK JACKET.

Management Laureates : a Collection of Autobiographical Essays
edited by Arthur G. Bedeian (HC102.5.A2M32 1992) (5 volumes)

Masters of Change Profiles of Canadian Business Thriving in Turbulent Times
Daniel Stoffman (HC115.M376 1997)
Includes profiles of Conrad Black (Hollinger International), David Radler (American Publishing Co., Hollinger Inc.), Victor Young (Fishery Products International), Douglas Hallett (ELI Eco Logic), Daniel Ellis (WFI industries Ltd.), Hank Vander Laan (Trojan Technolgoies), Diane McGarry (Xerox Canada), Joe Houssian (Intrawest), Lawrence Bloomberg (First Marathon), Isadore Sharp (Four Seasons), Pierre Mignault (Provigo), Martin Connell (Calmeadow), Ian Delaney (Sherritt International), Laurent Beaudoin (Bombardier), Izzy Asper (CanWest Global), Matthew Barrett (Bank of Montreal), Terry Matthews (Newbridge Networks Corp.), Michel Perron (Uniforet Inc.)

Masters of Enterprise : Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey
H.W. Brands. (HF3023.A2B68 1999)
"Here is a complete set of portraits of America's greatest generators of wealth. Only such a collective study allows us to appreciate what makes the great entrepreneurs really tick. As H.W. Brands shows, these men and women are driven, they are focused, they deeply identify with the businesses they create, and they possess the charisma necessary to persuade other talented people to join them. They do it partly for the money, but mostly for the thrill of creation."--BOOK JACKET.

Masters of the Universe : Winning Strategies of America's greatest Deal Makers
Daniel J. Kadlec. (HC102.5.A2K34 1999)
The names are legendary...Sandy Weill...Sumner Redstone...Carl Icahn...Hugh McColl..."--BOOK JACKET. "Here, for the first time, you can meet the men and the minds that have ignited the greatest decade of deal making in the history of business."

The Mavericks : Lessons from the West's Winning Entrepreneurs
Paul Grescoe. (HC112.5.A2G73 1999)

Men of Business
Stoddard, William Osborn (HC102.5.A2S7 1972)

Microsoft First Generation: the Success Secrets of the Visionaries Who Launched a Technology Empire
Tsang, Cheryl D. (HD9696.63.U64M538)

Millionaires and Kings of Enterprise; The Marvellous Careers of Some Americans Who by Pluck, Foresight, and Energy Have Made THemselves Masters in the Fields of Industry and Finance
Bunley, James (CT219.B8)

Money and Power: The History of Business
Means, Howard B. (HG172.A3M4)

The Money Masters
Train, John (HG172.A2T7)

Money Masters of Our Time
Train, John (HG172.A2T72)

The Money Messiah$
King, Norman (HG4621.K5 1983)

Net Entrepreneurs Only: 10 Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of Their Success
Ericksen, Gregory K. (HC29.E75 2000)

The New Crowd: The Changing of the Jewish Guard on Wall Street
Erlich, Judith Ramsey (F128.9.J5E45 1989)

The New Financiers
Wendel, Charles B. (HG178.W46 1996)

The New Global Leaders : Richard Branson, Percy Barnevik, and David Simon
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries. (HD62.4.K484 1999)

The New Imperialists
Leibovich, Mark (HC102.5.A2L385 2002)
This book contains material on: Jeff Bezos; Steve Case; John Chambers; Larry Ellison and Bill Gates.

The New Maharajahs: The Commercial Princes of India, Pakistan & Bangladesh
Cragg, Claudia
(HC432.5.A2C73 1996)
Entrepreneurship -- India.

The New Money Masters: Winning Investment Strategies of Soros, Lynch, Steinhardt, Rogers, Neff, Wanger, Michaelis, Carret
Train, John (HG172.A2T73 1989)

No Guts No Glory: How Canada's Greatest CEOs Built their Empires
Olive, David. (HC112.5.A2O44 2000)

No Such Thing as Over-Exposure: Inside the Life and Celebrity of Donald Trump
Slater, Robert (HC102.5.T78S538 2005)

Nos Entrepreneurs : Premier PanoramaLeVasseur
Gilles, J.L. (HC112.5.A2L48 1996)

On Our Own Terms: Portraits of Women Business Leaders
Enkelis, Liane, and Karen Olsen (HD6054.4.U6E56 1995)

Outstanding in Their Field: how women corporate directors succeed.
Ghaffari, Elizabeth. (HD6054.3.G43 2009)
Gayle Edlund Wilson, Andrea L. Rich, Linnet Frazier Deily, Linda Grieco, Sally K. Richardson, Alice Bourke Hayes, Mary S, Metz, Leslie Meyers Frecon, Donna Frame Tuttle, Ann Coleman, Judith Estrin, Lucille S. Salhany, Janet Morrison Clarke, Judith M. Runstad, Kathleen A. Cote.

Paper Tigers: The Latest, Greatest Newspaper Tycoons
Coleridge, Nicholas (PN4734.C65 1993)

Playing with the Big Boys: Success Stories of the Most Powerful Women in Business
Pestrak, Debra (HD6054.3.P47 2001)

The Power of Boldness : The Master Builders of American Industry Tell Their Success Stories
edited by Blout, Elkan (HC102.5.A2P69 1996)
The opening chapter is by Alfred Chandler - “Entrepreneurial Achievements” .Among those appearing in this work: Stephen Bechtel and Edward Johnson

The Press
Cose, Ellis (PN4867.C63 1989)

Profiles in the American Dream: The Real-Life Stories of the Struggles of American Entrepreneurs
Cahill, Timothy Patrick (HB615.C35 1994)

Profiles of Genius: Thirteen Creative Men Who Changed the World
Landrum, Gene N. (HC29.L36 1993)

The Quants
Patterson, Scott (HG4928.5P38 2010)
Peter Muller, Ken Griffin, Cliff Asness, Boaz Weinstein, Jim Simons, Ed Thorp, Aaron Brown, Paul Wilmott, Benoit Mandelbrot

Radicals & Visionaries: Entrepreneurs who revolutionized the 20th century.
addeus (REF HC102.5.A2W38 2000)

The Railway Barons
Mountfield, David (HE2752.M68)

Rare Breed: The Entrepreneur, an American Culture
MacPhee, William (HC102.5.A2M28 1987)

The Reputation of the American Businessman
Diamond, Sigmond (HC102.5.A2D5)

The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings
Sobel, Robert (HD2756.U5S62 1984)

The Sages : Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets
Morris, Charles (HG4521.M8447 2009)
(Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker)

The Spirit of Enterprise
Gilder, George (HB615.G54 1984)\

Stampede: The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite.
Gordon Pitts (KINGS HC112.5.A2P584 2008)

“A Stellar Year for Business Tomes, Financial Post, May 9, 2009

“This Country Can Be, and Should Be Better, Author Says,” The Globe and Mail, May 8, 2009
A short excerpt of the speech given by Pitts upon receiving the award.

“Gordon Pitts Wins National Business Book Award for Stampede, Canadian Press, May 7, 2009
“TORONTO _ Gordon Pitts has won the National Business Book Award for ``Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada's New Power Elite.''
The Toronto-based author takes the $20,000 prize for his book which considers the possibility of Alberta becoming the financial and corporate centre of Canada.
Finalists for this year's award also included Margaret Atwood, Peter C. Newman, Kenneth Whyte, and Ted Rogers with Robert Brehl.
Pitts, a business reporter at the Globe and Mail, was a finalist for his first book, ``Storming the Fortress,'' in 1990, and for his three subsequent books.
The National Business Book Award is co-sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and BMO FinancialGroup.
Stampede' is published by Key Porter Books.

“Author Gordon Pitts Wins National Business Book Award,” Canada Newswire, May 7, 2009
An excerpt from this announcement:
“This year's jury is chaired by Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The jury includes: Jane Cooney, President, Books for Business; William Dimma, Chairman Emeritus, Home Capital Group Inc.; Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent, CBC Television Network; Deirdre McMurdy, Vice-President, Public Policy Forum; and The Honourable Pamela Wallin, Senator.”
Gordon Pitts is a bestselling author, public speaker, and senior writer for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business, focusing on management, entrepreneurship and family business. In 1989 he was a press fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, during which time he wrote his first book, Storming the Fortress, a finalist for the National Business Book Award in 1990. He also has been a finalist for his three subsequent books: In the Blood: Battles to Succeed in Canada's Family Businesses, Kings of Convergence: The Fight for Control of Canada's Media, and The Codfathers: Lessons of the Atlantic Business Elite.

“Canada in 2020: Author Predicts Even Greater Shift of Clout to the West,” Gary Lamphier, Ottawa Citizen, April 12, 2009.

Storied Independent Automakers
Hyde, Charles (TL215.A44H93 2009)
Thomas B. Jeffery, Charles W. Nash, George W. Mason, Roy D. Chapin, A.E. Barit, George W. Romney

Take a Lesson: Today's Black Achievers and How They Made It and What They Learned Along the Way
Clarke, Caroline (HF5386.C5344 2001)

Titans of Business
Fanning, Leonard M. (HC102.5.A2F35)

Thriving in the New Economy
LaRocco, Lori Ann. (HF5386.L267 2010)
Larry Lindsey, Steve Forbes, David Malpass, Jack Bogle, Bob Doll, Abby Joseph Cohen, Paul McCulley, Ron Baron, Ken Langone, Peter Cohen, Jerry York, Kelly King, Donald Powell, Cam Fine, Donald Marron, Richard Le Frak, Don Peebles, Ron Peltier, Mike Jackson, Jim Lentz, Gerald Greenwald, Steve Sadove, Wilbur Ross

Upward Bound: Nine Original Accounts of How Business Leaders Reached Their Summits
Useem, Michael, Jerry Useem, and Paul Asel (HF5386.U54 2003)
From Publishers Weekly
"This collection of essays from nine executives who are also experienced mountain climbers shows the similarities between this extreme sport and the business world. Certain qualities-patience, perseverance, a talent for teamwork-are important in both the boardroom and the outdoors. Contributors include Michael Useem (the director of Center For Leadership and Change at Wharton), Jerry Useem (a senior writer at Fortune), Asel (a venture capital advisor), Jim Collins (author of the bestseller Good to Great), Stacy Allison (one of the most experienced woman mountain climbers) and Al Read (the executive vice chairman of Geographic Expeditions); essays focus on their authors' mountain experiences, analyzing the decisions and challenges of their more difficult adventures. Reviewing a failed effort to climb the Himalayas, for example, Allison writes that "a leader's job in such an extreme setting is to balance drive with caution, but it's every climber's responsibility to recognize the true limits of survival-to know just how far you can push yourself before inviting disaster." She goes on to suggest that "many companies have also faced much the same consequences when dealing with the absence of a strong leadership team at the top." The other contributors all share Allison's belief that the skills and confidence that are critical to their success as climbers are equally important in the business arena. This book will appeal to hard-charging, type-A readers who are dedicated both to their professions and to their individual athletic pursuits. The essays preach essentially the same message about teamwork, loyalty, hard work and commitment, though, and the mountain climbing stories compel far more than the business lessons."

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