In: Economics, History

Company Portraits

How does a company come into being, how does it grow, how does it succeed or fail? Turn here for in-depth answers from insiders. Each company biography is a business world in microcosm; each one is an object lesson.

Summaries

9 Book

The BBC
A People's History
David Hendy
Profile Books, 2022
9 Book

Hangry
A Startup Journey
Mike Evans
Legacy Lit, 2022
8 Article

RIP Goldman Sachs
When I started out at Goldman, it was the most feared firm on Wall Street. Those days are gone for good.
Bethany McLean
Business Insider UK, 2023
8 Book

Still Broke
Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism
Rick Wartzman
Public Affairs, 2022
Book

Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
St. Martin’s Press, 2021
9 Book

Emotion By Design
Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike
Greg Hoffman
Twelve, 2022
Book

Trailblazer
The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change
Marc Benioff and Monica Langley
Simon & Schuster UK, 2019
Book

Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe
Doubleday, 2021
Book

Vanderbilt
The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Harper, 2021
8 Book

Made from Scratch
The Legendary Success Story of Texas Roadhouse
Kent Taylor
Simon & Schuster, 2021
8 Book

After Steve
How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul
Tripp Mickle
William Morrow, 2022
Book

Up All Night
Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News
Lisa Napoli
Abrams Books, 2020