Steel Titan: The Life of Charles M. Schwab
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822959062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An excellent book based on extensive research in public and private archives, including those of Bethlehem Steel. Informative, insightful, and a pleasure to read."--American Historical Review
One of the most exciting tycoons of the industrial age I first became aware of Charles Schwab when reading Andrew Carnegie's autobiography. Carnegie regarded Schwab as a prominent up and comer in industry for both his people skills as well as his work ethic; thus I knew he was someone I wanted to know more about. It is not often that a business book is difficult to put down, particularly one in the steel industry. Hessen delive. Hope Kenneth Warren's bio is better I read this book hoping for insight into the life of steel titan Charles Schwab equal to Wall's great biography of Schwab's benefactor, Andrew Carnegie. I found some interesting facts but not a lot of color. I wasn't quite sure whether there just wasn't that much genuinely interesting in his life, in addition to his being a successful corporate sort of guy, or whether thing. Well researched book on an underappreciated industrialist Pablo Excellent book to read if you are interested in one of the lesser-remembered "Robber Barons," protege of Andrew Carnegie, and really an extraordinary person. Many of Schwab's business principles would serve executives well today. I enjoyed reading it.
Business genius and hedonist, Charles Schwab entered the steel industry as an unskilled laborer and within twenty years advanced to the presidency of Carnegie Steel. Steel and then founder of Bethlehem Steel. He later became the first president of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. His was one of the most spectacular and curious success stories in an era of great industrial giants.How did Schwab progress from day laborer to titan of industry? Why did Andrew Carnegie and J.P