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In 2014, Forbes ranked him as the 134th richest American, at $3.8 billion. One of his hires was Jeff Bezos, who, while researching business opportunities in 1994 for Shaw, got the idea for an online bookstore and left to start a company called Amazon.com. At $30 billion in 2014, Bezos was the fifteenth richest American.

Edward O. Thorp • A Man for All Markets

In 2003, Dutch journalist Teun van de Keuken reported on slave labor in the commodity chocolate market. His initial plan was to use publicity to shame the government and large chocolate companies to change the system. His frustration with the system led him to become a producer, and he founded Tony’s Chocolonely (named this way because he was the l

Seth Godin • This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (Create a Strategy to Elevate Your Career, Community & Life)

At Starbucks 0 as in any business, in any life - there are so many hectic moments during the day when we are simply trying to do the job, trying to put out the fires, trying to solve any number of small problems, that we often lose sight of what it is we're really here to do.

Howard Schultz • Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time

Additionally, they streamlined store design to gainefficiencies of scale and to make sure they had the ROI on sales to investment ratios that would satisfy the financial side of the business. Many decisions had to be made in order to maximize speed and profits. Decisions that sacrificed the feeling of a community coffee store for a chain feel. Star... See more

Sriram Krishnan • Howard Schultz on Strategy

JEFF BEZOS Founder and CEO, Amazon; Owner, the Washington Post

David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

The house servant who pioneered the franchising business model

The Hustle thehustle.co

“Barry, here’s the thing. I’m not just buying a can of soup for twenty-nine cents and selling it for forty-nine cents,” I explained. “I have ten different services that are growing all the time. Think of us like the local sewer system.” Well, that got his attention. “We’re a utility. Nothing can get rid of us—nothing. Two of the biggest businesses