Good Books For A Wannabe F500 Executive/Management?

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone can recommend some books for someone that is aspiring to become a F500 exec or a high-level manager of a company? I know that a lot of people here recommend, for example, Barbarians at the Gate and things like that, but I was looking more at books related to business strategy, business and financial management, or anything else that a wannabe CEO would benefit from reading. Any help would be great. Thanks!

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The First Tycoon... biography of cornelius vanderbilt. That book is totally fucking epic. By the time of his death, Vanderbilt had a fortune equal to 1/9 of all the U.S. currency in circulation at the time.

 

The First Billion is the Hardest by T. Boone Pickens

Dude basically pioneered certain aspects of LBO and was the man in Texas oil...not an easy task

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

If you are serious about leadership, read books by Jack Welch.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

Titan: The like of John D Rockefeller

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
 

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