Best business biographies reddit

TitleAuthorCompanyYear Untitled autobiography of Andrew Carnegie^[1]Andrew CarnegieCarnegie Steel1920 My Life and Work Henry FordFord Motor Company1922 Pizza TigerMonaghan, TomDomino's Pizza1986 Dave's WayThomas, DaveWendy's1992 Bloomberg by Bloomberg^[2]Michael BloombergBloomberg1997 The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company^[3]Robert IgerThe Walt Disney Company2019 The Education of a Value Investor^[4]Spier, GuyAquamarine Fund 2014 Invent & Wander^[5]Bezos, JeffAmazon2021 Winning^[6]Welch, JackGeneral Electric2005 Rework^[7]Jason FriedBasecamp2010 The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a BusinessStewart, Martha2005 Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things DoneBossidy, LarryGeneral Electric, Honeywell 2002 Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People S Truett CathyChick-fil-A2002 My Life & Principles for Success^[8]Ross PerotElectronic Data Systems2002 (2nd ed) Time to Make the Donuts^[9][10]Rosenberg, WilliamDunkin Donuts2001 Straight from the Gut Welch, JackGeneral Electric2001 Business @ the Speed of Thought^[11]Gates, BillMicrosoft1999 Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry^[12]Dell, MichaelDell2000 Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and BeyondWatson, Jr., Thomas J.IBM2000 (reprint) Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a TimeSchultz, HowardStarbucks1999 Work in Progress^[13]Eisner, MichaelThe Walt Disney Company1999 An Enterprising Life Jay van AndelAmway1998 Sam Walton: Made in America Walton, SamWalmart1993 No Excuses Management Rodgers, TJ1993 Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve^[14]George SorosSoros Fund Management1995 Only The Paranoid SurviveGrove, AndrewIntel1996 The HP Way : How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our CompanyPackard, DavidHewlett-Packard1996 Personal History^[15]Katharine GrahamWashington Post1998 My Years with General MotorsSloan, AlfredGeneral Motors1990 (reprint) Life as I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good Harland SandersKentucky Fried Chicken1974 Iacocca: An Autobiography^[16]Iacocca, Lee1984 Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sKroc, RayMcDonald's1976 (reprint 1990) J.R.D Tata: Beyond the Last Blue MountainR. M. LalaTata GroupThe Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company^[17][18]Charles KochKoch Industries2007 Call Me Ted^[19]Ted TurnerCNN2008 Behind the Cloud Marc Benioff2009 Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and PurposeTony HsiehZappos2010 The Start-up of You Reid HoffmanLinkedIn2012 Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid OgilvyOgilvy & Mather1963 Simply Rich Rich de VosAmway2014 How Google Works Eric SchmidtGoogle2014 Shoe DogPhil KnightNike2016 Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza John SchnatterPapa John's Pizza2017 Hit RefreshSatya NadellaMicrosoft2017 Winners Dream Bill McDermottSAP2014 Onward Howard Schultz Starbucks 2011