Finance Biography

Weltbestseller! Über eine Million verkaufte Exemplare! Die Geschichte und Geheimnisse eines der erfolgreichsten Anleger aller Zeiten! Den Namen Warren Buffett haben wahrscheinlich insbesondere Finanzinteressierte schon einmal gehört, denn er wird von vielen Anlegern auf der ganzen Welt bewundert. Er gehört zu den weltweit reichsten Menschen. Sein Vermögen wird auf mehr als 80 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt.

In 1966, two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: Debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics. Milton Friedman championed "monetarism" and insisted the Federal Reserve maintain tight control over the amount of money circulating in the economy.

Hazte rico. Porque no existe ningún motivo real para no serlo. Para no desearlo. Porque tener dinero te permite hacer cosas que no podrías hacer de otra forma. Sin dinero, mucho; pero con dinero, todo. Así de fácil. Y te lo dice alguien que ha emprendido, fracasado y reintentado hasta el límite. Alguien que ha estado sin un euro en el bolsillo, que ha acumulado cientos de errores y ha sabido aprender de cada paso.

This is my autobiography. It's not a novel; it's my life story where I want to motivate and influence others. It shows lots of emotion, both highs and lows, how to succeed - it shows how I turned 37p into 100 million pounds. I have dyslexia and ADHD which is highlighted as you listen to the book. Due to this I often get sidetracked and have to go back to the original part of the story; again, this is highlighted.

Some extraordinary and unexpected factors are revealed in Taylor's fascinating new book that explains why some people become billionaires. Despite the fact that the sample of 17 self-made billionaires come from disparate backgrounds, work in different industries, have very different personalities, and superficially appear to have different upbringings, they have one important thing in common: they are all outsiders.

Hired by ForbesTraveler.com to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: He would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like theirs better.

Die Geschichte von fritz-kola klingt unglaublich: Als Mirco Wolf Wiegert 2003 mit einem Kumpel 7000 Euro zusammenkratzte und aus dem Studentenwohnheim heraus Coca-Cola herausforderte, war das eine Sternstunde der Gründerszene. Die beiden vertickten die ersten Kästen via Direktvertrieb an angesagte Clubs im Hamburger Schanzenviertel und eroberten von dort aus Deutschland und die Welt. Heute ist fritz die alternative Kola und Limonade Nummer eins mit fast 300 Mitarbeitern in über 25 europäischen Ländern, hat sich nicht kaufen lassen und lebt "indie" at it's best.

"Nella storia del digitale l’Italia ha avuto molte occasioni per diventare protagonista ma non le ha colte come doveva. Ora è venuto il momento di una svolta." Autentico pioniere di Internet in Italia, Gianluca Dettori racconta in queste pagine come è nata, cresciuta, morta e resuscitata un’industria che conta mezzo milione di addetti tra servizi, contenuti, pubblicità online, commercio elettronico, software e tecnologia.

Andrew Carnegie immigrated to the United States with his parents as a young child. He began his climb to the top as a modest errand boy and eventually moved into the steel industry. By the time he was an adult, Carnegie was one of the richest men in the country. Known as a generous man, he spent a great deal of his fortune investing in organizations that aimed to advance social progress and improve conditions for people of all classes. Andrew Carnegie was also intensely interested in world peace and the security of democracy.

人生永远没有太晚的开始，她50岁创业、70岁成为超级亿万女富豪；不贷款、不融资、不上税、不逃税，她的人生逆袭就靠两个字：坚强。…… 人生永遠沒有太晚的開始，她50歲創業、70歲成為超級億萬女富豪；不貸款、不融資、不上稅、不逃稅，她的人生逆襲就靠兩個字：堅強。

In this audiobook, the author recalls his career and explores how to afford retiring while also coping with the existential crisis that so often goes along with leaving a job that's defined you. Drawing on his career and personal experiences preparing for retirement, he reveals how the prospect of retirement often requires us to find a new identity. Join the author as he rises up the ranks of banking and finance, helps people navigate financial challenges, and shares how to avoid the retirement-saving missteps and mistakes made by so many others in Gulag 401k.

Magazine entrepreneur Randall Lane had a prime seat at Wall Street's biggest greed fest. The Zeroes is a memoir about the excesses and bad behavior of an outsider who got pulled into a crazy, self-contained world.

Ever since the Reagan era, Washington has been captured by a conservative economic agenda that has failed in every respect and that has long since lost any respect among serious economists. Finally, highly regarded economist James Galbraith presents a full-bore attack on the bankrupt economic policies of the Republican Party - and a much needed reality check on where to go from here.

During the harshest year of the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, a top woman news reporter of the day and intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was hired by FDR’s right-hand man Harry Hopkins to embark upon a grueling journey to the hardest-hit areas of the country to report back on the degree of devastation. Distinguished historian Michael Golay draws on a trove of original sources - including the moving, remarkably intimate, almost daily letters between Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt - as he re-creates that extraordinary journey.

Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all recent administrations, that prepared the predators' path to conquest. Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history.

To ArcelorMittal Steel, Eliese is known as #6691: Utility Worker, but this was never her dream. Fresh out of college, eager to leave behind her conservative hometown and come to terms with her Christian roots, Eliese found herself applying for a job at the local steel mill. The mill is everything she was trying to escape, but it's also her only shot at financial security in an economically devastated and forgotten part of America. In Rust, Eliese brings the listener inside the belly of the mill and the middle American upbringing that brought her there in the first place.

In a book that’s both accessible and enlightening, Rebecca Friedrichs recounts her 30-year odyssey as an elementary school teacher who comes face to face with the forces dividing and corrupting our schools and culture - state and national teachers’ unions. An exciting true story that features real-life testimonies of teachers, parents, and kids as well as political and social commentary, Rebecca’s journey leads her to the realization that the only hope for America’s schools and families is returning authority to parents and teachers while lessening the grip of state and national unions.

亨利・福特，美国福特汽车公司创始人，世界著名的“汽车大王”。他白手起家，凭借卓越的人格魅力、独特的商业理念和经营方式，创造了人类工业史上的奇迹……亨利・福特，美國福特汽車公司創始人，世界著名的「汽車大王」。他白手起家，憑藉卓越的人格魅力、獨特的商業理念和經營方式，創造了人類工業史上的奇蹟……

From the African bush to the streets of London, from the souks of Tangier and the concrete jungle of Hong Kong to the bling of Dubai and back to mother Africa; this is a riveting true story of what happens when an entrepreneur tries, tries, and tries, and fails more times than he succeeds. This book is a soul searching narrative full of highs and lows, culminating in the creation of a pan-African consumer brand that eventually is sold to a multibillion-dollar company. This is not a rags to riches story. Alpesh is living proof that in life we lose more times than we win.

Created specifically for executives and managers, Going Wireless shows how mobile technology is impacting every industry, including yours. Award-winning journalist Jaclyn Easton delivers the unexpected: In addition to in-depth discussions about mobile commerce, Internet cell phones, and Palm-type handhelds, she also examines wirefree options you've probably never heard of, all of which are transforming the way companies communicate, manage, market, and sell.