A list of notable books written by CEOs, about CEOs and business.

Books

Title Author Company YearUntitled autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAndrew CarnegieCarnegie Steel1920My Life and WorkHenry FordFord Motor Company1922 Pizza Tiger Monaghan, Tom Domino's Pizza 1986 Dave's Way Thomas, Dave Wendy's 1992Bloomberg by BloombergMichael BloombergBloomberg1997The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney CompanyRobert IgerThe Walt Disney Company2019The Education of a Value Investor Spier, Guy Aquamarine Fund 2014 Invent & Wander Bezos, Jeff Amazon 2021 Winning Welch, Jack General Electric 2005 Rework Jason Fried Basecamp 2010 The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a Business Stewart, Martha 2005 Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Bossidy, Larry General Electric, Honeywell 2002Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More PeopleS Truett CathyChick-fil-A2002My Life & Principles for SuccessRoss PerotElectronic Data Systems2002 (2nd ed) Time to Make the Donuts Rosenberg, William Dunkin Donuts 2001 Straight from the Gut Welch, Jack General Electric 2001 Business @ the Speed of Thought Gates, Bill Microsoft 1999 Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry Dell, Michael Dell 2000 Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond Watson, Jr., Thomas J. IBM 2000 (reprint) Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time Schultz, Howard Starbucks 1999 Work in Progress Eisner, Michael The Walt Disney Company 1999An Enterprising LifeJay van AndelAmway1998 Sam Walton: Made in America Walton, Sam Walmart 1993 No Excuses Management Rodgers, TJ 1993Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the CurveGeorge SorosSoros Fund Management1995 Only The Paranoid Survive Grove, Andrew Intel 1996 The HP Way : How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company Packard, David Hewlett-Packard 1996Personal HistoryKatharine GrahamWashington Post1998 My Years with General Motors Sloan, Alfred General Motors 1990 (reprint)Life as I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' GoodHarland SandersKentucky Fried Chicken1974 Iacocca: An Autobiography Iacocca, Lee 1984 Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's Kroc, Ray McDonald's 1976 (reprint 1990) J.R.D Tata: Beyond the Last Blue Mountain R. M. Lala Tata Group1992The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private CompanyCharles KochKoch Industries2007Call Me TedTed TurnerCNN2008Behind the CloudMarc Benioffsalesforce.com2009 Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose Tony Hsieh Zappos 2010The Start-up of YouReid HoffmanLinkedIn2012Confessions of an Advertising ManDavid OgilvyOgilvy & Mather1963Simply RichRich de VosAmway2014How Google WorksEric SchmidtGoogle2014Shoe Dog Phil Knight Nike2016Papa: The Story of Papa John's PizzaJohn SchnatterPapa John's Pizza2017Hit RefreshSatya NadellaMicrosoft2017Winners DreamBill McDermottSAP2014OnwardHoward SchultzStarbucks 2011Sustaining a 360° Agile Workplace: A Millennial Perspective The HR Revolution WayMahmoud MansiHR Revolution Middle East2019

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