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Mohnish Pabrai

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Mohnish Pabrai is an Indian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
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Roy Thomson of Fleet Street
Russell Braddon - 1965-01-01
Mohnish Pabrai
2023-02-08T02:45:18.000Z
Terrific read. Part 1 of the Trilogy      source
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TrendWatching
Don't Be Fooled by the Next Investment Fad, Mania, or Bubble
Ron Insana - 2002-11-05
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Plummeting stock prices. Decimated 401(k) accounts. Shocking corporate scandals.Thus is the beginning of the twenty-first century. The boundless prosperity of the 1990s is now a remnant of history. With the turn of the millennium came a national reversal of fortune. In a period of under twelve months, the Nasdaq Composite index lost over 60 percent...
Mohnish Pabrai
2022-01-01T06:46:33.000Z
One of my favorite books      source
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The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Daniel Yergin - 2008-12-23 (first published in 1991)
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Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to address the current energy crisis....
Mohnish Pabrai
2021-04-24T20:16:57.000Z
One of my favorite books. Yergin rocks!      source
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City of Djinns
A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple (30-Apr-1996) Paperback
Mohnish Pabrai
2021-03-31T03:58:29.000Z
City of Djinns by @DalrympleWill is one of my all time favorite books . He is a gifted writer and observer.      source
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Has China Won?
The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
Kishore Mahbubani - 2020-03-31
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The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already inevitable?China and America are world powers without serious rivals. They eye each other warily across the Pacific; they communicate poorly; there seems little natural empathy. A massive geopolit...
Mohnish Pabrai
2021-01-27T02:02:20.000Z
It is a wonderful book.      source
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How to Get Rich
One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
Felix Dennis - 2009-05-26 (first published in 2008)
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Felix Dennis is an expert at proving people wrong. Starting as a college dropout with no family money, he created a publishing empire, founded Maxim magazine, made himself one of the richest people in the UK, and had a blast in the process.How to Get Rich is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn't selling snake oil, invest...
Mohnish Pabrai
2020-09-21T01:48:45.000Z
The title is corny but it is an excellent book on entrepreneurship. Up there with The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses by Amar Bhide      source
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The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses
Amar V. Bhide - 2003-10-16 (first published in 1999)
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What is this mysterious activity we call entrepreneurship? Does success require special traits and skills or just luck? Can large companies follow their example? What role does venture capital play?In a field dominated by anecdote and folklore, this landmark study integrates more than ten years of intensive research and modern theories of business ...
Mohnish Pabrai
2020-09-21T01:48:45.000Z
The title is corny but it is an excellent book on entrepreneurship. Up there with The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses by Amar Bhide      source
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Am I Being Too Subtle?
Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
Sam Zell - 2017-05-09
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Self-made real estate billionaire Sam Zell reveals the story behind his success and lays out a road map for entrepreneurs seeking to follow in his footsteps. No one has ever accused Sam Zell of being conventional. One of the savviest, most mysterious, and most controversial investors today, he built his real estate empire by zigging when everyone e...
Mohnish Pabrai
2017-05-30T20:28:47.000Z
I am loving Zell's book. Great to hear on Audible in Sam's own voice.      source
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Nuts!
Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success
Kevin Freiberg - 1998-02-17 (first published in 1995)
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Twenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is "Hire people with a sense of humor," and in-flight meals are never served--just sixty million bags of peanuts a year. By sidestepping "reengineering," "total quality management," ...
Mohnish Pabrai
2016-12-20T22:09:03.000Z
Sure. Many books on $LUV. And HBS Cases Must understand the culture.      source