Byrne, John A.

World changers : twenty-five entrepreneurs who changed business as we knew it / John A. Byrne. - New York : Portfolio / Penguin, - xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Prologue -- John mackey -- Whole Foods Market -- Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus -- The Home Depot -- Reed Hastings -- Netflix -- Howard Schultz -- Starbucks -- Jeff Bezos -- Amazon -- Herb Kelleher -- Southwest Airlines -- Steve Jobs -- Apple -- Herb Kohler Jr. -- Kohler Co. -- Dan Lufkin -- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette -- Michael Dell -- Dell Inc. -- Reid Hoffman -- LinkedIn -- Bill Gates -- Microsoft -- Sir Richard Branson -- Virgin Group -- Oprah Winfrey -- Harpo, Inc. -- Ted Turner -- Turner Broadcasting -- Fred Smith -- Fedex Corporation -- Narayana Murthy -- Infosys -- Larry Page and Sergey Brin -- Google -- Charles Schwab -- The Charles Schwab Corporation -- Muhammad Yunus -- Grameen Bank -- Ratan Tata -- Tata Group -- Phil Knight -- Nike -- Carlos Nuzman -- Rio de Janeiro organizing committee for the Olympic Games -- Mark Zuckerberg -- Facebook -- Eike Batista -- EBX group -- Notes.

Presents a collection of interviews with the best and brightest entrepreneurs who have changed the way people live--including Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Apple's Steve Jobs.

9781591844501 1591844509

2011036087

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Businesspeople--Biography.
Entrepreneurship.
Success in business.
Esprit d'entreprise.
Chefs d'entreprise.
Biographies.
Businesspeople.
Entrepreneurship.
Success in business.
Businesspeople--Biography.
Entrepreneurship.
Success.
Businesspeople--Biography.


BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship.


Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.

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