#116 Sam Bronfman (Seagram's and the Bronfman family dynasty)
What I learned from reading Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram’s Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus. ---- The story of Sam’s rise to fame and fortune from a hard life on the Canadian frontier is...
21 Mars 20201h 7min
#115 Ben Franklin: An American Life
What I learned from reading Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. ---- He was, during his 84 year long life, America’s best scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, and business strate...
16 Mars 202045min
#114 The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
What I learned from reading The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Timeby Michael Craig. ---- Some Texas banker was playing poker with over $15 million o...
9 Mars 20201h 20min
#113 A.G. Gaston (Black Titan and the Making of a Black American Millionaire)
What I learned from reading Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire by Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines ---- The grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 ...
5 Mars 20201h 8min
#112 Frank Lloyd Wright
What I learned from reading Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright by Paul Hendrickson. ---- [0:01] Frank Lloyd Wright suffered a personal catastrophe that would have destroyed ...
24 Feb 20201h 20min
#111 David Geffen
What I learned from reading The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood by Tom King. ---- He told me he had recently read Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, Buffe...
16 Feb 20201h 22min
#110 Henry Singleton (Teledyne)
What I learned from reading Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. ---- Henry was much more than a salesman, mathematician, engineer, in...
10 Feb 20201h 25min
#109 Adi Dassler (Adidas)
What I learned from reading Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and The Family Feud That Forever Changed The Business of Sports by Barbara Smit. ---- This story begins at a ti...
3 Feb 20201h 13min
