Biography: Business & Industry

The biography of Carlos Slim, one of the richest people of all time, is not just the tale of the first man from a developing country to ever reach ...

A fresh and focused look at a powerful, glamorous, businesswoman, told through her own words and actions rather through the lens of husbands or fat...

During the upheavals of 20079, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, had the name of a Victorian icon on the tip of his tongue: Walter Bag...

The Merchant of Syria tells the life of Abu Chaker, a cloth merchant from Homs who lived from 1921 to 2013. Barely literate, he nevertheless built ...

The Money Man is an epic story for our times, which will offer hope to many who have seen the fruit of their hard work eaten away by the economy, m...

In the early 1940s, American designer Emily Wilkens went beyond her previous experience in children's wear to create costumes for two teenage chara...

With miles of newspaper headlines and a growing body count, the insatiably curious public is still no closer to the truth regarding the assassinati...

James Baker has spent his entire working life as a funeral director in and around the town of Stroud in Gloucestershire, the area of the Cotswolds ...

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Ultimate Works features development and concept illustrations for Sega's best-loved game franchises, original developer in...

You''ll know the name Noble. Ever since the M10 and M12 wowed the press in 1999, the marque has taken its place within the British sports car lands...

Everette Lee DeGolyer wore many hatsand he wore them with distinction. Though not a geophysicist, he helped make geophysics central to oil explorat...

ARE YOU READY TO BELIEVE IN YOU? Game-changing. Authentic. A must-read for every woman! Jamie is the real dealand thats rare. Glennon Doyle, #1 Ne...

Available for the first time in a decade-the book that launched a $5 billion lawsuit--with a new introduction by the author in which O'Brien reflec...

From her controversial rise and fall from power at Google, to her dramatic reshaping of Yahoo's work culture, people are obsessed with, and polaris...

This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, originally published in 1920, is an account of the authors early years, written mostly from a little bungalo...

Lunch with the Financial Times has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 25 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical i...

Hong-Kong-based multi-billionaire Lui Che-woo started his first enterprise in difficult circumstances at the age of 13. Now, after more than 70 yea...