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Executives and Corporate Insiders

Executives and corporate insiders

Chief executives, managers, advertising men and employees describe running or working inside established companies such as GE, IBM, Disney, Microsoft and Facebook.

57 books on Executives and Corporate Insiders, 4 of them tier 1, recommended by 44 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Bill Gates.

57 books · 48 experts

Start here

  1. Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid Ogilvy, 1963
  2. Personal HistoryKatharine Graham, 1997
  3. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?Louis V. Gerstner, 2002
  4. The Ride of a LifetimeRobert Iger, 2019
  5. On a Clear Day You Can See General MotorsJ. Patrick Wright, John Z. DeLorean, 1979

The best books on Executives and Corporate Insiders 57

Confessions of an Advertising ManConfessions of an Advertising Man
T1 Confessions of an Advertising Man
David Ogilvy · 1963
How an agency is actually built and paid.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiDavid CancelSam Parr
Personal HistoryPersonal History
T1 Personal History
Katharine Graham · 1997
Washington Post publisher's Pulitzer-winning memoir of running a company
Open Library
“Highly Recommended.”Mohnish Pabrai
Recommended byBill GatesMohnish PabraiDiana KimballJackie VullinghsNick CrockerWarren Buffett
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
T1 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
Louis V. Gerstner · 2002
Insider account by the CEO who ran IBM's 1990s turnaround.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiAaron Levie
The Ride of a LifetimeThe Ride of a Lifetime
T1 The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger · 2019
Insider account: Iger on the Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm deals.
Open Library
Recommended byBill GatesAlexis OhanianAli AbdaalAnu HariharanBrian CheskyJason CalacanisMichael BloombergMorgan Housel+3 more
On a Clear Day You Can See General MotorsOn a Clear Day You Can See General Motors
T2 On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors
J. Patrick Wright, John Z. DeLorean · 1979
Insider account: DeLorean's dissent, ghostwritten by Wright.
Open Library
Iacocca: An AutobiographyIacocca: An Autobiography
T2 Iacocca: An Autobiography
Lee Iacocca, William Novak · 1984
Insider memoir of the Ford firing and the Chrysler bailout.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiRamit Sethi
Father, Son & CoFather, Son & Co
T2 Father, Son & Co
Thomas J. Watson Jr., Peter Petre · 1990
Insider memoir by the CEO who bet IBM on the System/360.
Open Library
Recommended byAaron Levie
Being DirectBeing Direct
T2 Being Direct
Lester Wunderman · 1996
The man who named direct marketing on how its economics actually work.
Open Library
Jack: Straight from the GutJack: Straight from the Gut
T2 Jack: Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch, John A. Byrne · 2001
Insider account: Welch's own version of the GE method.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiJamie DimonWarren Buffett
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
T2 Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
Cynthia Cooper · 2007
Insider: the internal auditor who uncovered the fraud.
Open Library
Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!
T2 Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!
Nicholas Carlson · 2015
The last turnaround attempt, with a long history of the decline.
Open Library
Hit RefreshHit Refresh
T2 Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella · 2017
Insider account by the CEO who repositioned Microsoft on cloud and AI.
Open Library
Recommended byBill GatesSatya Nadella
Trillion Dollar CoachTrillion Dollar Coach
T2 Trillion Dollar Coach
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle · 2019
Insider account of Bill Campbell's coaching of Google's leadership.
Open Library
Recommended byMatt MullenwegBryant ChouPatrick Bet-DavidRuth PoratSheryl SandbergSusan WojcickiTrevor Ncube
Truth to Power
T2 Truth to Power
Andre de Ruyter · 2023
Insider: the Eskom CEO on why the power supply cannot be fixed.
Open Library
Careless PeopleCareless People
T2 Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams · 2025
Insider memoir by a former director of global public policy.
Open Library
The Macintosh WayThe Macintosh Way
T3 The Macintosh Way
Guy Kawasaki · 1990
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiNaval Ravikant
At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric, aAt Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric, and the Pursuit of Profit
T3 At Any Cost: Jack Welch, General Electric, and the Pursuit of Profit
Thomas F. O'Boyle · 1998
The contemporaneous dissent, twenty years ahead of the consensus.
Open Library
I'd Like the World to Buy a CokeI'd Like the World to Buy a Coke
T3 I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke
David Greising · 1998
Biography of Roberto Goizueta and the 1980s-90s value creation.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Work in ProgressWork in Progress
T3 Work in Progress
Michael D. Eisner, Tony Schwartz · 1998
Insider account: Eisner's own memoir of the turnaround years.
Open Library
The Keys to the KingdomThe Keys to the Kingdom
T3 The Keys to the Kingdom
Kim Masters · 2000
Eisner, Katzenberg and the collapse of the succession plan.
Open Library
Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth from Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider
T3 Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth from an Enron Insider
Brian Cruver · 2002
Insider: a junior Enron employee's account of the last months.
Open Library
The Turnaround KidThe Turnaround Kid
T3 The Turnaround Kid
Steve Miller · 2008
Insider account from a serial restructuring CEO.
Open Library
I'm Feeling LuckyI'm Feeling Lucky
T3 I'm Feeling Lucky
Douglas Edwards · 2011
Insider memoir by Google's first brand manager, employee 59.
Open Library
Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life StoryInside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life Story
T3 Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life Story
Neville Isdell, David Beasley · 2011
Insider memoir by the CEO who ran the 2004 turnaround.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Chaos MonkeysChaos Monkeys
T3 Chaos Monkeys
Antonio Garcia Martinez · 2016
Insider account of Facebook's ads business by a product manager.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiNat EliasonAlfred LinAntonio García MartínezPatrick O'ShaughnessyRaoul Pal
Tim CookTim Cook
T3 Tim Cook
Leander Kahney · 2019
The operations chief who scaled Apple past a trillion dollars.
Open Library
The Company I Keep: My Life in BeautyThe Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty
T3 The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty
Leonard A. Lauder · 2020
Insider memoir by her son, who scaled the company she founded.
Open Library
WhistleblowerWhistleblower
T3 Whistleblower
Susan Fowler · 2020
Insider memoir by the engineer whose blog post triggered the reckoning.
Open Library
Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great AmeHot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company
T3 Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company
Jeff Immelt, Amy Wallace · 2021
Insider account: Immelt's defence of his sixteen years as CEO.
Open Library
My Life in FullMy Life in Full
T3 My Life in Full
Indra Nooyi · 2021
Insider account: Nooyi's memoir of twelve years as CEO.
Open Library
The Man Who Broke CapitalismThe Man Who Broke Capitalism
T3 The Man Who Broke Capitalism
David Gelles · 2022
Polemic treating Welch's GE as the template for shareholder primacy.
Open Library
The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived
T3 The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived
Ralph Watson McElvenny, Marc Wortman · 2023
Tom Watson Jr. and the bet-the-company System/360 decision — Open Library has no work record; only a 'Summary of Ralph Watson Mcelvenny's...' study guide by IRB Media
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The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the TeThe Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
T3 The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
Alok Sama · 2024
Insider memoir by SoftBank's former CFO; Open Library unreachable to verify.
Open Library
Thicker Than Water
T3 Thicker Than Water
Tyler Shultz · 2024
Whistleblower memoir — No Open Library work record; author Tyler Shultz has no records
unverified
Who Knew
T3 Who Knew
Barry Diller · 2024
Media executive's memoir spanning Paramount, Fox and IAC
Open Library
Recommended byBill Gates
My Life in AdvertisingMy Life in Advertising
T4 My Life in Advertising
Claude C. Hopkins · 1927
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Chen
My Forty Years with FordMy Forty Years with Ford
T4 My Forty Years with Ford
Charles E. Sorensen · 1956
Open Library
Recommended byPaul Graham
My Life in Advertising & Scientific AdvertisMy Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising-Advertising Age Classics Library
T4 My Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising-Advertising Age Classics Library
Claude Hopkins · 1966
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Feldman MethodThe Feldman Method
T4 The Feldman Method
Andrew H. Thomson · 1969
Open Library
Recommended byTracy DiNunzio
My Years with Xerox: The Billions Nobody WanMy Years with Xerox: The Billions Nobody Wanted
T4 My Years with Xerox: The Billions Nobody Wanted
John H. Dessauer · 1971
Insider memoir by the research chief who backed xerography.
Open Library
Talking StraightTalking Straight
T4 Talking Straight
Lee Iacocca · 1988
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years aSkunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
T4 Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos, Ben R./Janos, Leo Rich · 1994
Insider account of Lockheed's advanced projects unit.
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick CollisonSam Altman
Close to the MachineClose to the Machine
T4 Close to the Machine
Ellen Ullman · 1997
Open Library
Recommended byDiana Kimball
From Butler to Buffett: The Story Behind theFrom Butler to Buffett: The Story Behind the Buffalo News
T4 From Butler to Buffett: The Story Behind the Buffalo News
Murray B. Light, Warren E. Buffett · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Jacked UpJacked Up
T4 Jacked Up
Bill Lane · 2008
Insider memoir by Welch's long-serving speechwriter.
Open Library
The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy andThe King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
T4 The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising
Kenneth Roman · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew WilkinsonMohnish Pabrai
Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life ChanginDetour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar
T4 Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar
Chet Huber · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store tWinners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office
T4 Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office
Bill McDermott · 2014
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Road to Power: How GM's Mary Barra ShatteredRoad to Power: How GM's Mary Barra Shattered the Glass Ceiling
T4 Road to Power: How GM's Mary Barra Shattered the Glass Ceiling
Laura Colby · 2015
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
DisruptedDisrupted
T4 Disrupted
Dan Lyons · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew WilkinsonKara SwisherMatej Latin
Limping on WaterLimping on Water
T4 Limping on Water
Phil Beuth · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byWarren Buffett
To Pixar and BeyondTo Pixar and Beyond
T4 To Pixar and Beyond
Lawrence Levy · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byMichael Batko
Connecting the DotsConnecting the Dots
T4 Connecting the Dots
John Chambers · 2018
Open Library
Recommended bySafra Catz
How to LeadHow to Lead
T4 How to Lead
David M. Rubenstein · 2020
Interviews with founders, CEOs and public figures.
Open Library
Uncanny ValleyUncanny Valley
T4 Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener · 2020
Open Library
Recommended byKara Swisher
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account oPoorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
T4 Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Railroader
T4 Railroader
Howard Green
unverified
Recommended byBill Gates

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David M. Rubensteinwrote 1 book hereEric Schmidtwrote 1 book hereGuy Kawasakiwrote 1 book hereJack Welchwrote 1 book hereSatya Nadellawrote 1 book here

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