- We will send in 10–14 business days.
/images/books/4467289/9780822959069.jpg)
- Author: Robert Hessen
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
- ISBN-10: 0822959062
- ISBN-13: 9780822959069
- Format: 15.4 x 23.1 x 2.1 cm, softcover
- Language: English
- SAVE -10% with code: EXTRA
Reviews
Description
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. He later became the first president of U.S. Steel and then founder of Bethlehem Steel. 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. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.
EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
The promotion ends in 17d.20:29:48
The discount code is valid when purchasing from 10 €. Discounts do not stack.
- Author: Robert Hessen
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
- ISBN-10: 0822959062
- ISBN-13: 9780822959069
- Format: 15.4 x 23.1 x 2.1 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
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. He later became the first president of U.S. Steel and then founder of Bethlehem Steel. 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. Morgan select him to manage their multmillion-dollar enterprises? And how did he forfeit their confidence and lose the preseidency of U.S. Steel? Drawing upon previously undiscovered sources, Robert Hessen answers these questions in the first biography of Schwab.
Reviews