Reading List
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO of Google
Eric Schmidt is a technologist and businessman who served as CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, guiding it from a fast-growing startup into one of the world’s most powerful companies, and later as executive chairman of Google and its parent, Alphabet. Since stepping back he has focused on technology policy, national security, and the societal impact of artificial intelligence. His books, several co-written with fellow executives and thinkers, distill lessons on running fast-scaling companies and on the promise and peril of AI.
Accidental Presidents
Eight Men Who Changed America
by Jared Cohen · History
“Kudos to him for writing such a timely book that is highly relevant to today's politics” — via Tweet, April 2019
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance · Memoir
“one of the better memoirs I've read in the last decade” — via Tweet, September 2020
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company
by Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler · Business
“gives us a rare glimpse at the development of one of the most important trends in business today” — via Blurb, October 2009
The Genesis Machine
Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel · Nonfiction
“Its amazing, and I've learned about the future of synthetic biology, which will change everything.” — via Tweet, March 2022
From Strength to Strength
Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
by Arthur C. Brooks · Nonfiction
“@arthurbrooks has written an amazing book.. he is so incredibly insightful. I don't know anyone who better combines reality and our best selves. Please read !!!” — via Tweet, February 2022
What It Takes
Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
by Stephen A. Schwarzman · Business
“His new book reveals how he has achieved the rarest kind of leverage in multiple fields.” — via Tweet, October 2019
What’s Your Problem?
To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve
by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg · Business
“If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book.” — via Blurb, March 2020
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Venture Capital and How to Get It
by Scott Kupor · Business
“This book is the definitive book on navigating VC as part of that.” — via Blurb, June 2019
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
by Nicholas A. Christakis · Nonfiction
“Tribalism is all around us, but it does not have to be. After all, we are all human.” — via Blurb, March 2019
