Tycoon Profiles
Business lessons and insights from billionaires and tycoons.
How Tycoons Think and View the World
Sometimes you’re treated like a skunk at a tea party. But that’s the fate of anyone who challenges the status quo. – Rupert Murdoch
I just discovered Hell on Wheels a couple of weeks ago and decided to give it a try because there was nothing else to watch. I ended up liking it. While the lead character is a walking cliche, the real star and saving grace of the show is railroad magnate Thomas Durant as played by the great Colm Meaney. Durant was one the tycoons who built the first transnational railroad after the Civil War.
The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man
Incredibly, Mark Zuckerberg has grown up to become an ace CEO—one whose way of thinking might drive Wall Street nuts.
Here’s a gushingly enthusiastic profile of Facebook founder just before the company’s IPO.
Tycoon: Eike Batista, Chairman and CEO, EBX
Brazil’s wealthiest tycoon and the world’s 8th richest man shares his insights and philosophy on creating wealth and helping mankind. All too often billionaires are associated with Donald Trump types who appear only interested in personal aggrandizement through the sale of gaudy condos. Fortunately, they are not all like that. Mining magnate Batista is motivated by the goal of helping his country improve economically and socially.
Watch the documentary film Billionaire which tells the Larry Hillblom story.
The rules are there are no rules. – Aristotle Onassis
When people ask why I am building this site and the course they get three answers. One, self-made billionaires and tycoons are the best people to study if you want to truly understand business. Their exploits provide not only a wealth of insights into the timeless strategies and tactics for wealth creation but also into how the world really works. They are the ultimate realists who use and game the system for their advantage. Continue reading
King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius by James Scurlock
James Scurlock recounts the life of Larry Hillblom, co-founder of shipping company, DHL, who disappeared in 1995 of the coast of Anatahan in the Western Pacific.
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