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Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
335 p. : ill. (some col.) , col. map ; 24 cm.
Description
"At the dawn of the Information Age in 1963, a computer salesman in Texas saw an opportunity where IBM, his former employer, saw only dusty oil camps. This young entrepreneur, who had grown up dirt-poor in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, staked his young family's livelihood on the notion that computers would help out local businesses - and quite possibly, revolutionize the way America did business."--Dust jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 467 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm
Description
Randolph's account of Bloomberg's life and time reads almost like a novel, a quintessentially American story. She explains the "machine" he invented that gave and continues to give instant access to an infinite amount of information to bankers and investors on how, what, and where to invest, and how it changed the financial universe. Randolph recounts one day not long ago when the Bloomberg machine briefly blipped and the whole world's financial marketplace...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illusrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal:...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvi, 414 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The rags-to-riches story of one of America's wealthiest and least-known financial giants, self-made billionaire Kirk Kerkorian--the daring aviator, movie mogul, risk-taker, and business tycoon who transformed Las Vegas and Hollywood to become one of the leading financiers in American business."--Jacket flap.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
448 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
The billionaire entrepreneur and father of a former governor revisits key moments in his life that shaped his views on faith, family, and the responsibilities of wealth, describing his and his wife's commitment to donate their fortune to cancer research.
"Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in the world, and a billionaire who writes her own songs and plays several instruments. Find out how she became the star she is today from growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania.
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