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Elon Musk

5/11/2015

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Co-Founder of PayPal
CEO and Founder of SpaceX and Tesla
I like biographies in general - they are an interesting read.  You can learn a lot.
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien

"The heroes of the books I read always felt a duty to save the world," he told The New Yorker.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams

"If you can properly phrase the question, then the answer is the easy part," Musk said in an interview. "So, to the degree that we can better understand the universe, then we can better know what questions to ask."
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Walter Isaacson

"You can see how [Franklin] was an entrepreneur," Musk says in an interview with Foundation. "He was an entrepreneur. He started from nothing. He was just a runaway kid."
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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
J.E. Gordon

"It is really, really good if you want a primer on structural design," Musk said in an interview with KCRW.
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Zero to One
Peter Thiel

"Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and 'Zero to One' shows how," he says in a Business Insider interview.
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Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

"Perhaps a cautionary tale. Definitely want to make sure I don't grow my fingernails too long and start peeing in jars."
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Steve Cannon

7/20/2014

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  • President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA
  • United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1986
  • Veteran
This should be mandatory reading for every US citizen!
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Team Of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin

"My favorite book on our most impressive president."

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Personal Memoirs
Ulysses S. Grant

"Completed just before his death, this may be the best memoir ever written by one of history’s greatest battle generals."

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Army At Dawn
Rick Atkinson

"An amazing account of how unprepared we were as a nation to enter WWII! Thanks goodness we were fast learners."

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1776
David McCullough

"This should be mandatory reading for every US citizen! Incredible cat and mouse account of how George Washington avoided annihilation against the greatest fighting force of the day."

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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson

"One of the 20th century’s greatest entrepreneurs: he was a tortured genius with a terrible leadership style but managed to accomplish so much!"

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