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John Wiley & Sons Inc Forbes Greatest Business Stories Of All Time by Forbes Magazine Staff , Daniel Gross
What do Bill Gates Henry Ford J. P. Morgan Mary Kay Ash and Walt Disney all have in common? Uncompromising vision a willingness to take risks and exceptional business acumen. Not only did these individuals amass great fortunes they revolutionized the business world and helped shape society as we know it. Theirs are just a few of the stories collected in this anthology of commercial ingenuity. Drawing on a wealth of sources this priceless collection brings to life extraordinary achievements many of them forgotten or little known: how Robert Morris the preeminent merchant of the eighteenth century financed the American Revolution with his personal credit; how Ray Kroc used a shrewd real estate strategy to turn a faltering hamburger franchise operation into the McDonalds fast food empire; and how Mary Kay Ash built a billiondollar direct sales cosmetics company by preaching a message of economic empowerment to women. Enlightening and fascinating Forbes(r) Greatest Business Stories of All Time celebrates largerthanlife ambition inspired leadership wheeling and dealing and hard work. Forbes is a registered trademark of Forbes Inc.
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