List of books written by CEOs

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

Books

TitleAuthorCompanyYear
Untitled autobiography of Andrew Carnegie[1] Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Steel 1920
My Life and Work Henry Ford Ford Motor Company 1922
Pizza TigerMonaghan, TomDomino's Pizza1986
Dave's WayThomas, DaveWendy's1992
Bloomberg by Bloomberg[2] Michael Bloomberg Bloomberg 1997
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company[3] Robert Iger The Walt Disney Company 2019
The Education of a Value Investor[4] Spier, Guy Aquamarine Fund 2014
Invent & Wander[5]Bezos, JeffAmazon2021
Winning[6]Welch, JackGeneral Electric2005
Rework[7]Jason FriedBasecamp2010
The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Grow, or Manage a BusinessStewart, Martha2005
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Bossidy, Larry General Electric, Honeywell 2002
Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People S Truett Cathy Chick-fil-A 2002
My Life & Principles for Success[8] Ross Perot Electronic Data Systems 2002 (2nd ed)
Time to Make the Donuts[9][10]Rosenberg, WilliamDunkin Donuts2001
Straight from the Gut Welch, JackGeneral Electric2001
Business @ the Speed of Thought [11]Gates, BillMicrosoft1999
Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry[12]Dell, MichaelDell2000
Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and BeyondWatson, Jr., Thomas J.IBM2000 (reprint)
Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a TimeSchultz, HowardStarbucks1999
Work in Progress[13]Eisner, MichaelThe Walt Disney Company1999
An Enterprising Life Jay van Andel Amway 1998
Sam Walton: Made in America Walton, SamWalmart1993
No Excuses Management Rodgers, TJ1993
Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve[14] George Soros Soros Fund Management 1995
Only The Paranoid SurviveGrove, AndrewIntel1996
The HP Way : How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our CompanyPackard, DavidHewlett-Packard1996
Personal History[15] Katharine Graham Washington Post 1998
My Years with General MotorsSloan, AlfredGeneral Motors1990 (reprint)
Life as I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good Harland Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken 1974
Iacocca: An Autobiography[16]Iacocca, Lee1984
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald'sKroc, RayMcDonald's1976 (reprint 1990)
J.R.D Tata: Beyond the Last Blue MountainR. M. LalaTata Group 1992
The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company[17][18] Charles Koch Koch Industries 2007
Call Me Ted[19] Ted Turner CNN 2008
Behind the Cloud Marc Benioff salesforce.com 2009
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and PurposeTony HsiehZappos2010
The Start-up of You Reid Hoffman LinkedIn 2012
Confessions of an Advertising Man David Ogilvy Ogilvy & Mather 1963
Simply Rich Rich de Vos Amway 2014
How Google Works Eric Schmidt Google 2014
Shoe DogPhil KnightNike 2016
Papa: The Story of Papa John's Pizza John Schnatter Papa John's Pizza 2017
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella Microsoft 2017
Winners Dream Bill McDermott SAP 2014
Onward Howard Schultz Starbucks 2011
Sustaining a 360° Agile Workplace: A Millennial Perspective The HR Revolution Way[20] Mahmoud Mansi HR Revolution Middle East[21] 2019

References

  1. ↑ "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie".
  2. ↑ "Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Revised and Updated".
  3. ↑ "The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company".
  4. ↑ "The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom and Enlightenment".
  5. ↑ "Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos".
  6. ↑ "Winning: The Ultimate Business How-To Book". Amazon.
  7. ↑ "Reworkurl=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ↑ "My Life & the Principles for Success".
  9. ↑ Rosenberg, William; Keener, Jessica Brilliant (2001). Time to Make the Donuts. ISBN 9780867308617.
  10. ↑ William Rosenberg. "Time to Make the Donuts: The Founder of Dunkin Donuts Shares an American Journey".
  11. ↑ Gates, Bill; Hemingway, Collins (25 May 2000). Business at the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy. ISBN 9780141941882.
  12. ↑ "Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry". ACM Digital Library. 1999. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Work in Progress: Risking Failure, Surviving Success".
  14. ↑ "Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve".
  15. ↑ "Personal History, by Katharine Graham (Alfred A. Knopf)".
  16. ↑ Lee Iacocca. Iacocca: An Autobiography. ISBN 0553251473.
  17. ↑ Koch, Charles. "The Science of Success Summary - The Investors Podcast" (PDF). The Investors Podcast. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  18. ↑ Koch, Charles. "The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company". Abe Books. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  19. ↑ Kloer, Phil (10 November 2008). ""Call Me Ted" — what else do you call him?". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  20. ↑ "'We Need Urgent Strategies for Energy Transformation' –Says Mahmoud Mansi". Valuechain. 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  21. ↑ "Interview With HR Revolution Middle-East Magazine's Founder". democracychronicles.org. Retrieved 2025-04-08.