Will Chou, Personal Development Influencer at willyoulaugh.com
This list includes books that were:
- recommended by billionaires.
- written by people directly related to billionaires.
- were written about billionaires, but not by the actual billionaire.
Keep in mind that for some famous billionaires, like Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, or Jack Ma, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of books written about them. I will not list them all here because most aren’t worth your time. Anyone can write these and slap their name on them and most have horrible ratings because of this. If you just search their name on Amazon, you’ll find them yourself.
- The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune (not written by Chuck himself. It’s a biography)
- Getting There by Zoe Gillian Segal
- Carlos Slim: The Richest Man in the World/The Authorized Biography by Jose Martinez
- How I Did It: Lessons From The Front Lines of Business (Pulls from multiple columns of the Harvard Business Review and features multiple billionaires including Kevin Plank and Eric Schmidt)
- Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney – This one is written about a female founder of a multi-billion dollar fashion company, Chanel. It is put here because it is questionable whether or not she actually hit a billion dollar net worth during her lifetime and it wasn’t written by her. Having said that, she did create an incredible company. The book seems to be more about her personal life than business success though.
- Life Is What You Make It by Peter Buffett (Warren Buffett’s son)
- Showing Up For Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime by Bill Gates Sr. (father of Bill Gates)
- Elon Musk’s biography
- Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor (not by Charlie, but quoting a lot of his best stuff)
- Laws of Success by Napoleon Hill (studied 200+ of the richest people in the world in-person for 20+ years, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and more)
- Awaken the Millionaire Within You: Lessons from Carlos Wizard Martins by Carlos Wizard Martins (Net worth of $1 billion in 2014 on Forbes but he sold his company for $700 million and isn’t a billionaire anymore).
- Forrest Mars, Jr. (27th richest man in the world, owner of a candy company, net worth $11+ billion) recommends these books according to Fortune(click the link).
- The Everything Store by Brad Stone (It’s about Jeff Bezos, the founder of Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more)
- A Passion For Success by Kazuo Inamori (Net worth of $900 million according to Forbes)
- John L. Gokongwei Jr.: The Path Of Entrepreneurship by Marites A. Khanser (Net worth of $6.2 Billion)
- The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success As You Start, Build, or Manage a Business by Martha Stewart (She may have hit a billionaire at some point. Now, it seems she’s dipped below that, especially after giving away to charity.)
- Steve Jobs
- How To Get Rich by Felix Dennis (his net worth was estimated around $100 million when he was alive)
These books were recommended by the billionaire Forrest Mars (9+ billion net worth) :
- General and Industrial Management by Henri Fayol
- Elements of Administration by Lyndall F. Urwick
- The Principles of Organization by James D. Mooney
“Forrest has the best management system I’ve ever come across. It permits decentralization and encourages initiative–but keeps firm control at the top.” -former Mars Executive, according to Fortune article.
Or Click Below to:
- Stay In Touch with Kyle Phoenix by receiving updates, newsletters and free gifts by clicking HERE
- Kyle Phoenix Website
- The Kyle Phoenix Blog
- Check out Kyle Phoenix Products on Amazon .com
- Don't forget to watch The Kyle Phoenix Show LIVESTREAM on Channel 56 (Time Warner), 83 (RCN), 34 (Verizon) Thursdays 1130pm
- Email: KylePhoenixShow@Gmail.com
No comments:
Post a Comment