In 1960, Montreal stock broker John Dobson launched an informal investment club with a close group of friends and associates, including future prime minister John Turner. His Formula Growth Fund would go on to become one of North...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
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Author:Toomey, CraigSummary: -
Author:Nasaw, DavidSummary:David Nasaw's magnificent, definitive biography of William Randolph Hearst is based on newly released private and business papers and interviews. For the first time, documentation of Hearst's interactions with Hitler,...
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Author:Greenburger, Francis J.Summary:Prior to the real-estate boom of the 1980s, Francis J. Greenburger risked it all to buy three older loft buildings at 50 West Street near the current 9/11 Memorial. He ultimately dreamed of one day erecting a magnificent skyscraper in...
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Author:Growick, PhilSummary:From the top ad people all over the world--the ones who create the best television commercials and ads, the ones you love, remember, and wish you had thought of yourself--come their own stories, in their own words, about the first work...
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Author:Windhorst, BrianSummary:With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of the greatest basketball players of all time. And like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, LeBron has also become a global brand and businessman who has...
- Author:Buffett, Howard W., Buffett, Howard G.Summary:
In 2006, Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on Earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. He gave himself a deadline: forty years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge....
- Author:Lowenstein, RogerSummary:
Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the twentieth century--an astounding net worth of $10 billion, and counting. His awesome investment...
