Steve Jobs leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, putting him in a class with America's greatest industrialists. He was the most innovative business leader of our time, the man FORTUNE named CEO of the Decade in 2009. Now from FORTUNE comes the richly illustrated story of his life at the helm of App[...]
Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable-- and "Fortune "journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all. When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 "Fortune "article, she didn't dream that Warren Buffett would one day be cons[...]
Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable-- and "Fortune "journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all. When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 "Fortune "article, she didn't dream that Warren Buffett would one day be cons[...]
Greed, cupidity, corruption, and a kind of gluttony so outrageous that it's laughable have always been part of business.Consider, for example, the case of the Swedish match king. At one time, Ivar Kreuger, manufactured almost half of the world's matches, with monopolies in 16 countries. He had so mu[...]
Becoming an elite sniper involves more than learning how to shoot. Snipers need to know how to judge terrain, wind, and sometimes even the curve of the Earth. They train their eyes to spot enemy movement in the distance and to never hesitate. A sniper is more that a finger behind a trigger; he is a [...]