#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West
What I learned from reading Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West by Mark Foster. He built giant businesses in roads, bridges, dams, housing, cement, aluminum, chemicals, steel, health...
7 Apr 20191h 24min
#65 Kirk Kerkorian: Penniless Dropout became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
What I learned from reading The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History by William C. Rempel. ---- [0:16] He was a humble man privately prou...
31 Mar 20191h 10min
#64 Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets
What I learned from reading Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets. ---- It is my work I am congratulated on, and to me, that's the only thing that counts (0:01) I've been miserable in a life that from th...
24 Mar 201958min
#63 The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
What I learned by from reading The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich by Daniel Ammann. ---- The spot market for oil was one of the most lucrative ideas of the twentieth century. [0:01] the hi...
10 Mar 20191h 24min
#62 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
What I learned from reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. ---- [0:01] Why Ben Franklin wrote an autobiography [4:50] Ben Franklin's early education and first job [7:30...
4 Mar 20191h 7min
#61 Malcom McLean: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
What I learned from reading The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger. ---- Such was the beginning of a revolution [0:01] The economic benefits arise not ...
25 Feb 20191h 29min
#60 Yvon Chouinard: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years
What I learned from reading The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years by Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley. ---- When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to mak...
18 Feb 20191h 11min
#59 Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire
What I learned from reading Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters; The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire. ---- He was a film director, a producer, a test pilot, inventor,...
11 Feb 20191h 51min
