John Pierpont Morgan. Ray Kroc. Bill Gates. John D. Rockefeller. They are recognized American business titans. Everyone knows of their staggering wealth, their ability to seize opportunities and fulfill their own American dreams. But how many people know the struggles they faced, the risks they took, and the creativity they displayed as they built their businesses into unprecedented successes?
Covering industries from oil to cosmetics, from the eighteenth century up to the present, |