Parents and childhood -- Dunfermline and America -- Pittsburg and work -- The telegraph office -- Railroad service -- Superintendent of the Pennsylvania -- Civil war period -- Bridge-building -- The iron works -- New York as headquarters -- Business negotiations -- The age of steel -- Partners,...

Robert Bosch (1861 - 1942) war einer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Unternehmer des 20. Jahrhunderts und gleichzeitig ein Pionier der sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Mit diesem Buch liegt die umfassende Biographie eines Visionärs vor, der wie kaum ein anderer über seine Zeit hinaus gedacht hat....

"In the city of Puebla there lived an American who made himself into the richest man in Mexico. Driven by a steely desire to prove himself--first to his wife's family, then to Mexican elites--William O. Jenkins rose from humble origins in Tennessee to build a business empire in a country...

Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) rose from modest means as the son of a peddler to immense wealth at the helm of Sears, Roebuck. Yet his most defining legacy stands not upon his business acumen but on the pioneering changes he introduced to the practice of philanthropy. While few may recall...