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Tells Tony Hawk's life story, explaining how he came to be a skateboarding legend and describing his successful business ventures, including his video games, films, and road show.

Presents brief biographies of the enterprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.

A short biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the steamship and railroad tycoon, focusing on his success as a business man.

Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People's Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house in a torrid atmosphere of easy money, smuggled guns, and natural disaster.

A greedy, unscrupulous man loses his business and his lover. He is forced to reexamine his life and how he treats other people leading to his ethical and spiritual rise.

A biography of the American inventor and engineer who became a pioneer in the automobile industry and founded the Ford Motor Company.

Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank tell the story of how they created the first Home Depot warehouse store and went on to build a over seven hundred additional stores, making a fortune along the way.

American businessman, Lee Iacocca, shares the story of his life and how he rose through the ranks to become president of Ford Motor Company, and later led Chrysler Corporation from bankruptcy.

Examines the life of Clarence Birdseye, discusses his education and business ventures, and looks at how his efforts to find a way to store food and keep it fresh while living with his family in Labrador led to the invention of his quick freezing methods and development of the Birds Eye brand.

A biography of the industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and later became a famous philanthropist, establishing the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and career of computer mogul Bill Gates, providing information on his childhood, his rise to the top of the computer world, his battle with IBM, his charity work, and other related topics.

The autobiography of an extraordinary man--statesman, envoy, industrialist, entrepreneur, physician, philanthropist, collector extraordinaire, citizen of the world--whose influence and knowledge have spanned decades and continents.

Profiles such pioneers in the oil industry as John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Samuel, William Knox D'Arcy, and J.

An autobiography of Henry J. Ford in which he discusses his life and career, and describes the principles by which he conducts both.

Presents an in-depth look at Amazon, its founder Jeff Bezos, and his grand vision for becoming "the everything store.