Max Gunther provides revealing insights into the intriguing world of big money as he recounts the spectacular success stories of 15 men who made it to the very, very top.
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Max Gunther was born in England and emigrated to the US when he was 11. He attended schools in New Jersey and received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1949. He served in the U.S. Army in 1950-51 and was a staff member of Business Week from 1951 to 1955. He then served as a contributing editor of Time for two years. His articles were published in several magazines and he wrote several books, inlucidng The Luck Factor (9781906659493), How to Get Lucky (9781906659981) and The Zurich Axioms (9781897597491).
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Another excellent book by Max Gunther that is finally being re-issued
18 May 2011
By Gabriel Torres
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Harriman House is doing an excellent job re-issuing all Max Gunther's books. Originally published in 1972, the book tells the story of 15 North-American multimillionaries of the time. The publisher printed a table at the first page listing the fortunes portrayed in the book and the amount corrected by inflation. This way, when the author says that John Doe has 100 million dollars, you know that this would be equal to 522 millions today. This is the level of the "poorest" guy portrayed in the book!
The stories are fantastic, and Gunther is an excellent storyteller, always trying to focus on what the person did differently from the "average guy." The nice thing about this book is that it is based on interviews the author conducted with the portrayed people. For the people he didn't interview in person, he decided to publish interviews done by other people that had this opportunity. Therefore, a few chapters are written by other journalists.
This is an excellent pick if you like to read sucess stories.
The stories are fantastic, and Gunther is an excellent storyteller, always trying to focus on what the person did differently from the "average guy." The nice thing about this book is that it is based on interviews the author conducted with the portrayed people. For the people he didn't interview in person, he decided to publish interviews done by other people that had this opportunity. Therefore, a few chapters are written by other journalists.
This is an excellent pick if you like to read sucess stories.
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Fascinating characters
13 Aug 2012
By J. M. Batista
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Format:Kindle Edition
You will want to know more about the fascinating characters portraied in this excellent book after you finished reading it. This was written in the 70's I believe, and that only enhances its entertaing and educational content.
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