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Industrialists and tycoons

10 people and 7 topics holding 100 books.

American industrialistsLives of the men who built American steel, cars, tyres, utilities, aircraft and mail-order between 1860 and 1940.7 books
Andrew CarnegieTwo major biographies thirty-six years apart, plus the Homestead strike literature.9 books
Aristotle OnassisPeter Evans wrote both the standard life and its sensational sequel; there is no recent scholarly biography.7 books
Asian and global tycoonsTycoons outside the United States and India: Europe, China, Hong Kong, Russia, Mexico, Canada and Australia.9 books
Business dynasties and family firmsFamilies that held a fortune or a company across generations, and the heirs who spent it.15 books
Cornelius VanderbiltOne outstanding modern biography, a contested rival to it, and a durable 1942 life; the rest of the shelf is family history.6 books
Harvey FirestoneFounder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company; lived 1868-1938.2 books
Henry FordA large and contested literature that has to hold the industrial achievement and the antisemitism together.9 books
Howard HughesThe literature is dogged by forgeries and hoaxes; the Barlett and Steele book is the reliable spine.7 books
Indian business housesThe Tata, Ambani and other family groups that dominate Indian business.5 books
J.R.D. TataChairman of the Tata Group 1938-1991; lived 1904-1993.2 books
John D. RockefellerA literature with two poles: Tarbell's contemporaneous prosecution and Chernow's modern reappraisal.8 books
Li Ka-shingNo modern English-language biography exists; the 1995 Chan book is the only dedicated one, and Studwell covers him best in context.3 books
Media and press baronsOwners of newspapers, television networks, cable systems and film studios.4 books
Oil and commodity fortunesFortunes made in oil, mining, cotton, bananas and commodity trading.8 books
Railroads and shippingFortunes made in steamboats, railroads and oil tankers, from Vanderbilt and Gould to Onassis.3 books
Thomas EdisonThe scholarly life and the popular lives diverge sharply on how much Edison invented himself.8 books

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