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Summary: "Born in South Africa in 1971, young Elon Musk loved inventions. He later founded Tesla, SpaceX, and the company that would become PayPal. Read about how Musk became one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MUSSaint John, Bozoma
Summary: "From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one woman's drive to thrive in the face of loss When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter Saint John, died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life with urgency. Saint John was no stranger to adversity, having lost her college boyfriend to suicide, navigated an interracial marriage, grieved a child born prematurely--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SAINT JOHN, BOZOMA SAICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Saint JohnBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESStone, Biz.
Summary: "Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. THINGS A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STONE, BIZ STOStack, Ed (Edward W.)
Summary: For readers of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog and Howard Schultz's Onward comes an inspiring memoir from the CEO of DICK's Sporting Goods about building a multibillion-dollar business and taking a principled--and highly controversial--stand against the types of guns that are too often used in mass shootings and other tragedies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STACK, ED STACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B STACK STANapoli, Lisa
Summary: A portrait of the relationship between McDonald's chairman Ray Croc and his wife, Joan, describes how he helped establish an international brand and amassed a considerable estate before his impassioned wife gave most of the family fortune away to philanthropic pursuits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 NAPFunk, McKenzie
Summary: "The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 GUGGENHEIM FAMILY UNGBernstein, Andrea
Summary: In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein creates a vivid portrait of two emblematic American families. Their journey to the White House is a story of survival and loss, crime and betrayal, which stretches from the Gilded Age through Nazi-occupied Poland to the rising nationalism and inequality of the twenty-first century. Drawing on hundreds of interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 BERCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 BERSchlender, Brent.
Summary: "Based on the ... cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind-the-scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history ... Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leader. In addition, Schlender, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 JOBS, STEVE SCHMcNickle, Chris
Summary: Bloomberg: A Billionaire's Ambition tells the story of how one of America's most successful entrepreneurs was elected mayor of New York City and what he did with the power he won. Bloomberg's stunning victory against all odds just weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack left him facing challenges unlike any mayor in history. For the next twelve years, he kept the city safe, promoted private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL MCNRobertson, Willie
Summary: ""Redneck Tycoon" Willie Robertson--CEO of Duck Commander, star of Duck Dynasty, and mega New York Times bestselling author--explores how the entrepreneurial spirit has shaped 400 years of American history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ROBGotch, Jen
Summary: "An entertaining, humorous, and inspirational memoir-think #GirlBoss meets Furiously Happy-about harnessing your creativity and embracing your flaws to reach your goals. With humor and heart, ban.do founder Jen Gotch shares the empowering story of her unlikely journey to becoming the creator and CCO of a multimillion-dollar brand. From her childhood in Florida where her early struggles with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOTCH, JEN GOTNasaw, David.
Summary: Draws on exclusive access to the subject's records to offer insight into his shrewd financial talents and considerable ambition for his family, discussing the controversies surrounding his character and his role in several mainstream political events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, JOSEPH P. NASZuckerman, Gregory.
Summary: "In five years, the United States has seen a historic burst of oil and natural gas production, easing our insatiable hunger for energy. A new drilling process called fracking has made us the world's fastest growing energy power, on track to pass Saudi Arabia by 2020. But despite headlines and controversy, no previous book has shown how the revolution really happened. The Frackers tells the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7 ZUCCoulombe, Joe
Summary: The founder of Trader Joe's, a successful chain of grocery stores, provides a blueprint of how to build an enterprise by challenging the status quo and rethinking all aspects of doing business, from creating the work environment that employees want to bepart of to finding a niche of loyal customers sharing your values and passions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Leadership 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COULOMBE, JOE COUSchulman, Daniel.
Summary: "Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. 'You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money,' Fred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KOCH BROTHERS SCHSlater, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD SLAAiles, Roger
Summary: Examines the rise and fall of the late media mogul, Roger Ailes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIVMezrich, Ben
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 332.664 MEZHaberman, Maggie
Summary: "From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUMP, DONALD HABCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B TRUMP HAMThanedar, Shri
Summary: "Shri Thanedar, an immigrant who grew up in a lower middle class family in a rural area of India, and who eventually overcame a myriad hurdles on his way to becoming a successful entrepreneur and business owner in the USA. More than a rags-to-riches story, this autobiographical narrative relates the journey of an ordinary man with an extraordinary will. Originally published in India in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shri Thanedar 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THANEDAR, SHRI THAD'Antonio, Michael.
Summary: The name means chocolate to America and the world, but as author D'Antonio reveals, it also stands for an inspiring man and a uniquely successful experiment in community and capitalism that produced a business empire devoted to a higher purpose. Milton S. Hershey brought affordable milk chocolate to America, creating and then satisfying the chocoholic urges of millions, and pioneering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HERSHEY, MILTON D'AntonioDoan, Jenny
Summary: "Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, Missouri, has grown from Jenny's corner shop -- with one quilting machine and two bolts of fabric for sale in the back -- to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric in the U.S. and the headquarters of Jenny's world-famous YouTube tutorial videos. Jenny is now giving her fans, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022