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List of books written by CEOs

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A list of notable books written by CEOs, about CEOs and business.

Books

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Title Author Company Year
Untitled autobiography of Andrew Carnegie[1] Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel 1920
My Life and Work Henry Ford Ford Motor Company 1922
Pizza Tiger Monaghan, Tom Domino's Pizza 1986
Dave's Way Thomas, Dave Wendy's 1992
Bloomberg by Bloomberg[2] Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg 1997
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company[3] Robert Iger The Walt Disney Company 2019
The Education of a Value Investor[4] Spier, Guy Aquamarine Fund 2014
Invent & Wander[5] Bezos, Jeff Amazon 2021
Winning[6] Welch, Jack General Electric 2005
Rework[7] Jason Fried Basecamp 2010
The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a Business Stewart, Martha 2005
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Bossidy, Larry General Electric, Honeywell 2002
Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People S Truett Cathy Chick-fil-A 2002
My Life & Principles for Success[8] Ross Perot Electronic Data Systems 2002 (2nd ed)
Time to Make the Donuts[9][10] Rosenberg, William Dunkin Donuts 2001
Straight from the Gut Welch, Jack General Electric 2001
Business @ the Speed of Thought [11] Gates, Bill Microsoft 1999
Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry[12] Dell, Michael Dell 2000
Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond Watson, Jr., Thomas J. IBM 2000 (reprint)
Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time Schultz, Howard Starbucks 1999
Work in Progress[13] Eisner, Michael The Walt Disney Company 1999
An Enterprising Life Jay van Andel Amway 1998
Sam Walton: Made in America Walton, Sam Walmart 1993
No Excuses Management Rodgers, TJ 1993
Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve[14] George Soros Soros Fund Management 1995
Only The Paranoid Survive Grove, Andrew Intel 1996
The HP Way : How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company Packard, David Hewlett-Packard 1996
Personal History[15] Katharine Graham Washington Post 1998
My Years with General Motors Sloan, Alfred General Motors 1990 (reprint)
Life as I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good Harland Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken 1974
Iacocca: An Autobiography[16] Iacocca, Lee 1984
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's Kroc, Ray McDonald's 1976 (reprint 1990)
J.R.D Tata: Beyond the Last Blue Mountain R. M. Lala Tata Group
The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company[17][18] Charles Koch Koch Industries 2007
Call Me Ted[19] Ted Turner CNN 2008
Behind the Cloud Marc Benioff salesforce.com 2009
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Tony Hsieh Zappos 2010
The Start-up of You Reid Hoffman LinkedIn 2012
Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy Ogilvy & Mather 1963
Simply Rich Rich de Vos Amway 2014
How Google Works Eric Schmidt Google 2014
Shoe Dog Phil Knight Nike 2016
Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza John Schnatter Papa John's Pizza 2017
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella Microsoft 2017
Winners Dream Bill McDermott SAP 2014
Onward Howard Schultz Starbucks 2011

References

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  1. ^ "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie".
  2. ^ "Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Revised and Updated".
  3. ^ "The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company".
  4. ^ "The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom and Enlightenment".
  5. ^ "Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos".
  6. ^ "Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book". Amazon.
  7. ^ "Reworkurl=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "My Life & the Principles for Success".
  9. ^ Rosenberg, William; Keener, Jessica Brilliant (2001). Time to Make the Donuts. ISBN 9780867308617.
  10. ^ William Rosenberg. "Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey".
  11. ^ Gates, Bill; Hemingway, Collins (25 May 2000). Business at the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy. ISBN 9780141941882.
  12. ^ "Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry". ACM Digital Library. 1999. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "Work in Progress: Risking Failure, Surviving Success".
  14. ^ "Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve".
  15. ^ "Personal History, by Katharine Graham (Alfred A. Knopf)".
  16. ^ Lee Iacocca. Iacocca: An Autobiography. ISBN 0553251473.
  17. ^ Koch, Charles. "The Science of Success Summary - The Investors Podcast" (PDF). The Investors Podcast. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  18. ^ Koch, Charles. "The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company". Abe Books. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  19. ^ Kloer, Phil (10 November 2008). ""Call Me Ted" — what else do you call him?". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 12 November 2008.