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The new imperialists / Mark Leibovich.
Lippincott Library HC102.5.A2 L385 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leibovich, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Businessmen--United States.
- Businessmen.
- Executives--United States.
- Executives.
- Computer software industry.
- Computer industry.
- Management.
- United States.
- Computer industry--United States--Management--Case studies.
- Computer software industry--United States--Case studies.
- Ellison, Larry.
- Bezos, Jeffrey.
- Chambers, John, 1949-.
- Chambers, John.
- Gates, Bill, 1955-.
- Gates, Bill.
- Case, Steve, 1958-.
- Case, Steve.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Paramus, NJ : Prentice Hall, [2002]
- Summary:
- They were not content to do something as mundane as build a successful business. Rather, they were hell-bent on global domination. Along the way, they were afforded the stature of world leaders, idolized like rock stars, and treated like folk heroes. When the history of the Digital Age is written, the story will be boiled down to the empires created by five men: Bill Gates, Steve Case, Larry Ellison, John Chambers, and Jeff Bezos. They are The New Imperialists. Yet, who really are they? Beyond the scores of cover stories, newspaper headlines, television interviews and biographies, their personal motives and motivators have remained a mystery.
- Until now. Mark Leibovich spent 18 months interviewing the men themselves and over 400 people who have known them best: family, friends, neighbors, former teachers, classmates and lovers, colleagues, employees and adversaries. Combining the information he gleaned with his own unique take on these men, Leibovich's has written a fascinating collection of biographies emphasizing their little known and deeply personal quirks, motivations, warts, demons, and vanities. Gates talks about his boyhood best friend, whose death in a fluke accident at age 15 has haunted him -- and perhaps driven him -- ever since. Ellison reflects on his father's recurring scorn that he just wasn't good enough to ever succeed. Bezos talks about never knowing his natural father. Chambers reveals how a childhood learning disability hampered his early schooling. Case addresses the tensions that marred his relationship with his AOL co-founder, Jim Kimsey.
- What are the common denominators that drove them to invent, conquer and rule their own economic realm? Are they brilliant or were they just lucky? With compelling style, Leibovich reveals their life stories as never before told.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Is it Really True? / Larry Ellison 11
- Chapter 2 Everyman, Every Man for Himself / Jeff Bezos 55
- Chapter 3 Cisco's Dream Seller / John Chambers 105
- Chapter 4 The Alpha Nerd and His Alter Egos / Bill Gates 139
- Chapter 5 The Upgrade / Steve Case 183.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0735203172
- OCLC:
- 47990010
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