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Oil and commodity fortunes

Industrialists and tycoons

Fortunes made in oil, mining, cotton, bananas and commodity trading.

8 books on Oil and commodity fortunes, recommended by 7 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick O'Shaughnessy.

8 books · 7 experts

Start here

  1. The Fish That Ate the WhaleRich Cohen, 2012
  2. The Big ScoreJacquie McNish, 1998
  3. Taking On the TrustSteve Weinberg, 2008
  4. The Big RichBryan Burrough, 2009
  5. The King of OilDaniel Ammann, 2009

The best books on Oil and commodity fortunes 8

The Fish That Ate the WhaleThe Fish That Ate the Whale
T2 The Fish That Ate the Whale
Rich Cohen · 2012
Samuel Zemurray and United Fruit; the banana trade as empire
Open Library
Recommended byNat EliasonRyan HolidayAndrew WilkinsonEric JorgensonNick HuberPatrick O'Shaughnessy
The Big ScoreThe Big Score
T3 The Big Score
Jacquie McNish · 1998
Robert Friedland and the Voisey's Bay nickel discovery.
Open Library
Taking On the TrustTaking On the Trust
T3 Taking On the Trust
Steve Weinberg · 2008
Dual portrait of Tarbell and Rockefeller and their collision.
Open Library
The Big RichThe Big Rich
T3 The Big Rich
Bryan Burrough · 2009
The Texas fortunes, including the Hunts before and after the silver trade.
Open Library
The King of OilThe King of Oil
T3 The King of Oil
Daniel Ammann · 2009
Marc Rich, the founder of modern commodity trading.
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Gina RinehartGina Rinehart
T3 Gina Rinehart
Adele Ferguson · 2012
Iron ore, royalties and family control at the top of the resource sector.
Open Library
How to be RichHow to be Rich
T4 How to be Rich
J. Paul Getty · 1965
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The King Of California: J. G. Boswell and thThe King Of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
T4 The King Of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire
Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman · 2003
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai

Experts 7

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Recommenders 7

MP
Mohnish Pabrairecommends 3 books hereRyan Holidayrecommends 1 book here
AW
Andrew Wilkinsonrecommends 1 book here
EJ
Eric Jorgensonrecommends 1 book here
NE
Nat Eliasonrecommends 1 book here
NH
Nick Huberrecommends 1 book here
PO
Patrick O'Shaughnessyrecommends 1 book here
See all 7 in the Experts tab →

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