{"id":173245,"date":"2022-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?p=173245"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T12:47:52","slug":"favorite-books-recommended-by-9-billionaires-world-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/favorite-books-recommended-by-9-billionaires-world-famous","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Books Recommended by 9 Billionaires World Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"line nText\">People who have managed to become CEOs of the most valuable companies in the world naturally have a history that goes through books. In this article, we&#8217;ll take a look at the favorite books of billionaire CEOs of companies at the top of the Fortune 500 list.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>1) Bill Gates, the founder and CEO of Microsoft and known as the richest person in the world,&#8217;s favorite book to read is &#8220;Children in the Rye&#8221; written by JD Salinger.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/so8sop.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>2) &#8220;The Remains of the Day&#8221; by Kazuo Ishiguro, the favorite book of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/hhpi9i.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>3) Apple CEO Tim Cook&#8217;s favorite is George Stalk&#8217;s book &#8220;Race Against Time&#8221;.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/agh4t5.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>4) Among the favorite books of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is &#8220;Portfolios of the Poor&#8221; by Daryl Collins.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/pyvv6o.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>5) &#8220;Benjamin Franklin: An American Life&#8221;, the favorite book of Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal, was written by Walter Isaacson.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/45z9mk.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>6) PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi&#8217;s favorite book is &#8220;The Path to Character&#8221; by David Brooks.<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/f2lear.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>7) Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman&#8217;s favorite book is &#8220;Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy&#8221; by John le Carr\u00e9.<\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/i5rinl.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan&#8217;s favorite piece is &#8220;The Advantage of Happiness&#8221; by Shawn Achor.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/zlogah.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2>9) Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin corporate group, is among his favourites, with the book &#8220;I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings&#8221; by Maya Angelou.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage coverImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/f4zl4o.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"empty-line\" class=\"nText \"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who have managed to become CEOs of the most valuable companies in the world naturally have a history that goes through books. 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